It was just reported on Facebook that George Pickow, husband of Jean Ritchie and father of Jon & Peter Pickow passed away at midnight on December 8th. My condolences go out to the entire Pickow-Ritchie family. I met George on numerous ocassions and he was a very warm and loving human being. I believe that he was 91 years old. I last saw him on August 29th at he Borderline picnic that we held in honor of Jean Ritchie. He was in a wheelchair at the time and very frail but his spirit was as ebullient as ever. I will truly miss this man.