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Sixteen-year-old Pete Seeger enrolled at the Avon Old Farms School in Connecticut and then decided to become a hermit. His life since then has been one social cause after another, buoyed by an almost indefatigable career as a self-described "sing-along leader."

During the 1930s he attended Harvard, from which his musicologist father Charles Seeger (a member of the Industrial Workers of the World and a conscientious objector during World War I) had graduated in 1908. As an alternative to his major, Sociology (which he disliked), he played tenor banjo (failing to make the Harvard Jazz Band) and participated in the pacifist/communist Harvard Student Union so much that he lost his scholarship, leaving Harvard in 1938. In 1939 actor/folksinger 'Will Geer' organized the "All-American Left-Wing Folk-Song Revival Movement," a benefit concert for migrant workers in California. It was there that Pete met Woody Guthrie and began touring with him. In 1940 Seeger started the Almanac Singers with Lee Hays, Pete Hawes and Millard Lampell; during his tours with this pro-union, anti-war group the FBI began a file on him. The group broke up at the start of World War II (Seeger enlisted in the army; Guthrie entered the Merchant Marine). After the war he started People's Songs (later Sing Out!), and in 1949 formed a new group, The Weavers, with Lee Hays, Fred Hellerman and Ronnie Gilbert'. For years he had trouble with the House UnAmerican Activities Committee and was, effectively, blacklisted. He recorded dozens of albums (Columbia, Folkways) and wrote thousands of songs, among which are "Where Have All the Flowers Gone," "If I Had a Hammer," and "Turn, Turn, Turn" (which in the 1960s became a huge hit for The Byrds). He helped start the Greenwich Village music magazine Broadside in the 1960s and reorganized the Newport Folk Festival. In 1996 the North American Folk Music and Dance Alliance awarded him its first Lifetime Achievement Award. He helped start Clearwater, an organization which sails a 106-foot boat along the Hudson River to show children the dangers of pollution.

Ann Carter was born on 16 June 1936 in Syracuse, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for The Curse of the Cat People (1944), Blondie Hits the Jackpot (1949) and The North Star (1943). She was married to Crosby Newton. She died on 27 January 2014 in Tacoma, Washington, USA.

Ichirô Nagai was born on 10 May 1931 in Ikeda, Japan. He was an actor, known for Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984), Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust (2000) and Ninja Scroll (1993). He was married to Ayako. He died on 27 January 2014 in Hiroshima, Japan.

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Jimmy Hayes was born on 31 August 1928 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was an actor, known for The Incredible Hulk (1977), The Invaders (1967) and Tea and Sympathy (1956). He died on 27 January 2014 in Culver City, Los Angeles, California, USA.

Edmond Classen was born on 16 May 1938 in Arnhem, Gelderland, Netherlands. He was an actor, known for Vrienden voor het leven (1991), Medisch Centrum West (1988) and Oppassen!!! (1991). He died on 27 January 2014 in Arnhem, Gelderland, Netherlands.

Margaret Trinidade is known for The Black Cauldron (1985). She died on 27 January 2014.

Yuriy Tsapnik was born on 21 November 1945. He was an actor, known for Bumazhnye glaza Prishvina (1990), Vzlomshchik (1987) and Predlagayu ruku i serdtse (1989). He died on 27 January 2014.

James Michael Hayes was born on 31 August 1928 in the USA. He was an actor, known for Simon & Simon (1981), Room for Two (1992) and iCarly (2007). He died on 27 January 2014 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

Branko Marjanovic was born on 13 November 1923 in Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia. He was a cinematographer, known for Elektrifikacija Stanice Beograd (1971), Industrija tepiha 'Proleter' - Zrenjanin (1977) and Narod pozdravlja Tita - Titova stafeta (1952). He died on 27 January 2014 in Belgrade, Serbia.

Masako Bando was born on 30 March 1958 in Sakawa, Takaoka-gun, Kochi Prefecture, Japan. He was a writer, known for Inugami (2001), Shikoku (1999) and Hanezu (2011). He died on 27 January 2014 in Sakawa, Takaoka-gun, Kochi Prefecture, Japan.

Oleg Moshchelkov was born on 29 December 1977 in Moscow. Oleg was a cinematographer, known for Paragraf 78 (2007), Nashi sosedi (2010) and Zakrytaya shkola (2011). Oleg died on 27 January 2014.

Karl Löbl was born on 24 May 1930 in Vienna, Austria. He was a producer and writer, known for Das Musik-Porträt (1978), Fest der 1000 (1971) and Alltagsgeschichten (1985). He was married to Hermine. He died on 27 January 2014 in Vienna, Austria.

Mimi Cazort was born on 26 August 1930 in Little Rock, Arkansas, USA. She was married to James J. Taylor and Robert Alexander McLarty. She died on 27 January 2014 in Los Angeles, California, USA.