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Long live teachers of children, because they can show children how they can save the world.
Pete Seeger
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Pete Seeger
Age: 94 †
Born: 1919
Born: May 3
Died: 2014
Died: January 27
Banjoist
Guitarist
Mandolinist
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Peace Activist
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Singer-Songwriter
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New York City
New York
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