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Ruth Alice "Ronnie" Gilbert (September 7, 1926 – June 6, 2015), was an American folk singer, songwriter, actress and political activist. She was one of the original members of the music quartet the Weavers , as a contralto with Pete Seeger , Lee Hays , and Fred Hellerman .
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...
Jun 7, 2015 · Ronnie Gilbert was a member of the influential folk group the Weavers, who popularized songs like "Kisses Sweeter than Wine" and "Goodnight Irene". She also worked as an actress, therapist and author, and was a lifelong progressive and leftist.
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Jun 7, 2015 · 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 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.
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.
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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.
