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Ronnie Gilbert (1926-2015) was a contralto singer and songwriter who co-founded the Weavers, a folk quartet blacklisted in the 1950s. She also acted on Broadway, traveled to Cuba and Paris, and became a therapist and a lesbian activist.
Jun 7, 2015 · Ronnie Gilbert, whose crystalline, bold contralto provided distaff ballast for the Weavers, the seminal quartet that helped propel folk music to wide popularity and establish its power as an...
MILL VALLEY, Calif. (AP) — Singer Ronnie Gilbert, a member of the influential 1950s folk quartet the Weavers, has died. She was 88. Gilbert died of natural causes Saturday at a retirement community in the San Francisco Bay Area suburb of Mill Valley, said her longtime partner, Donna Korones.
Jun 8, 2015 · Ronnie Gilbert, an exuberant folk singer whose career was temporarily derailed by the Red Scare of the 1950s, has died. She was 88. Gilbert, who quickly rose to fame with the folk group the...
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Jun 8, 2015 · Ronnie Gilbert, who lent her majestic contralto voice to the revival of folk music as a founder and sole female member of the Weavers, the celebrated quartet led by Pete Seeger, died June 6...
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Jun 8, 2015 · Morning Edition looks back on the career of Ronnie Gilbert, the only woman member of the hugely influential folk group, The Weavers. She died Saturday at the age of 88. ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: One...
Jun 7, 2015 · Ronnie Gilbert, the female voice in the influential 1950s folk quartet the Weavers, which also included Pete Seeger, Lee Hays and Fred Hellerman, has died at age 88.
