Pete Seeger had a special relationship with New York. The singer, songwriter and music icon was born in Manhattan, launched his career in the city, and eventually become a pioneer and mentor in the hugely influential folk music movement based in Greenwich Village. The political and environmental activist was a longtime resident of Beacon, N.Y. and founded the non-profit Hudson River Sloop Clearwater in 1968. Seeger died Monday of natural causes at New York-Presbyterian Hospital in Manhattan. He was 94.

Pete Seeger appeared on WNYC many times over the years. Here are a few highlights: 

-- In February 1941, he and fellow Weavers member Lee Hays performed together on the station, as part of the station’s American Music Festival.

-- In 2007, he spoke with Soundcheck guest host Siddhartha Mitter about the documentary Pete Seeger: The Power of Song.

-- An intimate conversation with Seeger in 2009 as part of the radio documentary program Evening Music.

-- Studio 360's Kurt Andersen interviewed Seeger as part of an American Icons feature on "This Land Is Your Land." 

-- Seeger's final appearance on the station was on The Brian Lehrer Show in July 2012.

Brian Lehrer producer Jody Avirgan snapped this picture of Seeger posing next to an archival picture that hangs in the WNYC green room. Shot in 1948, the picture depicts Seeger and Woody Guthrie.

In our building there's a photo of Pete Seeger at WNYC, 1948. When he visited last summer we made sure to get a pic. pic.twitter.com/ECNotLocdU

— Jody Avirgan (@jodyavirgan) January 28, 2014

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