Safe Passage Pete Seeger -

[TBF]

thank you for all that you did

[socialist_n_TN]

1. Yep. A true icon for economic democracy......

RIP.

[Walk away]

2. Thank you for saving the world.

He lived such a beautiful life. He love his wife, he loved the Earth and he loved us. He touched millions of people and taught us that our planet needed our help to survive. Now he is with Toshi and at peace.

[TBF]

3. He was tireless - even involved with the Occupy movement

in NY in the past few years (in his 90s!). http://www.cbsnews.com/news/seeger-guthrie-join-occupy-wall-street-rally/

[Triana]

4. Reading his Twitter feed...

....makes me sad:

https://twitter.com/Peter_Seeger

[TBF]

5. I bet his grandson set that up -

the two of them seemed very close. <3

[Starry Messenger]

6. Pete Seeger, Presente!

Pete Seeger - Joe Hill

[TBF]

7. Indeed -

“It is better to have struggled and lost, than never to have struggled at all.”
- Pete Seeger in the film “Seeing Red”

[2banon]

8. There are some awesome tributes on fb. Arlo wrote a heart thrashing tribute.

https://www.facebook.com/arloguthrie/posts/10153787404935195

Pete Seeger:

I usually do a little meditation and prayer every night before I go to sleep - Just part of the routine. Last night, I decided to go visit Pete Seeger for a while, just to spend a little time together, it was around 9 PM. So I was sitting in my home in Florida, having a lovely chat with Pete, who was in a hospital in New York City. That's the great thing about thoughts and prayers- You can go or be anywhere.

I simply wanted him to know that I loved him dearly, like a father in some ways, a mentor in others and just as a dear friend a lot of the time. I'd grown up that way - loving the Seegers - Pete & Toshi and all their family.

I let him know I was having trouble writing his obituary (as I'd been asked) but it seemed just so silly and I couldn't think of anything that didn't sound trite or plain stupid. "They'll say something appropriate in the news," we agreed. We laughed, we talked, and I took my leave about 9:30 last night.

"Arlo" he said, sounding just like the man I've known all of my life, "I guess I'll see ya later." I've always loved the rising and falling inflections in his voice. "Pete," I said. "I guess we will."

I turned off the light and closed my eyes and fell asleep until very early this morning, about 3 AM when the texts and phone calls started coming in from friends telling me Pete had passed away.

"Well, of course he passed away!" I'm telling everyone this morning. "But that doesn't mean he's gone."