I suspect I may be the only one here who cares about this, but being an old folkie, this made me sad.
Toshi-Aline Ohta Seeger, wife of folk music icon Pete Seeger, passed away overnight on Tuesday, July 9th. She was a mother, an organizer, an activist and filmmaker … and an essential part of all of her husband’s work. She was 91.
I actually met her a couple of times. Back in the 80s I was active with an environmental group called Clearwater that Pete Seeger was one of the founders of (I met him on multiple occasions). I volunteered at the group's big annual event, the Great Hudson River Revival and she was a regular there, working "backstage". I remember there was one Revival where I was driving her around in a golf cart as she took care of various things.
Sail on Toshi.
