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US folk singer Pete Seeger dies

Pete Seeger
       Pete Seeger during a past event.   Photo: Anthony Pepitone

US folk singer and activist Pete Seeger, whose songs included Turn, Turn, Turn! and If I Had A Hammer, has died at the age of 94.

He died at a New York hospital after a short illness, his grandson said.

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