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April 23, 2013

Folk Singer Richie Havens Dies at 72 
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The great folk singer Richie Havens has died at the age of 72. He
recorded more than two dozen albums over multiple decades and was
renowned for his passionate guitar stylings and powerful anthems of
racial justice, peace and freedom. In 1969, his opening performance at
Woodstock music festival became legend when he improvised his song
"Freedom" with the old spiritual "Motherless Child."

"Sometimes I feel like a motherless child, a long way from my home."

"Singing, freedom, freedom, freedom, freedom, freedom, freedom."

Richie Havens died of a heart attack at his home in New Jersey on
Monday.

 

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