Pete Seeger is above all an intelligent, thoughtful, generous man with a wonderful sense of humor, who has given so much to not just the field of folk music, but the community of man. If he is ready to retire, for whatever reason, I'm sure he will not look on it as death, a rediculous notion. But it will give him time to concentrate on the things that now most matter to him and he feels most capable doing. He has the love and respect of millions, in any case.