• R.I.P. Mike Seeger

    brmaz@comcast.net Posted On August 8, 2009
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    Mike’s wife reported to rec.music.country-old time, and Cybergrass further details:

    Silent Strings: Mike Seeger Loses Battle with Cancer

    Cybergrass Aug. 08, 2009:
    Mike Seeger lost his battle with cancer last night, August 7. Back on Thursday, July 30, Mary Katherine Adlin at Folklore Productions informed us that Mike Seeger, one of the founding members of the New Lost City Ramblers, and the half-brother of folk singer Pete Seeger, had been battling leukemia for several years; just recently he was diagnosed with a new and very aggressive form of cancer, called multiple myeloma. In the same forthright way that he has lived his life, he made the decision to discontinue treatment and enter hospice care. Last night, August 7, his battle ended.




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