Pete Seeger deserves a Noble Prize

[otherone]

He is the man and deserves all the best.

Check out his work at www.clearwater.org

[LuvNewcastle]

1. Do you mean "Nobel" Prize?

[caraher]

2. Unfortunately he can't win a Nobel now

The rules prohibit posthumous awards

[LuvNewcastle]

3. I didn't know that.

I've always thought posthumous awards were kind of sad, anyway, since the recipient will never know he/she won. Give the award to someone who can enjoy the recognition. My granddad used to say, "Don't send flowers to my funeral. Give me my flowers while I'm living."

[planetc]

4. If we brought all the soldiers home, he would...

rise from the grave and sing us a song. Of triumph.

[66 dmhlt]

5. They have always prohibited posthumous NOMINATIONS & further tightened rules in 1974 ...

So that no posthumous awards were allowed unless a laureate dies AFTER the winner's announcement but BEFORE the award ceremony.

There have been four posthumous awards:
Erik Axel Karlfeldt (Literature); Dag Hammarskjöld (Peace); William Vickrey (Economics) and Ralph Steinman (Medicine)

Vickrey and Steinman were both still awarded the Prize because they died after the announcement. Steinman was actually probably dead BEFORE the announcement, but the Committee was not aware of that, and so they proceeded to give him the award.

http://www.nbcnews.com/id/44755546/ns/health-health_care/t/dead-nobel-medicine-winner-keep-prize/#.UuezQLDnZEY

[caraher]

6. It's pretty clear he can't be nominated any longer

so he can't win.

Yes, there have been some flukes of timing, but the intention has always been for the award to go to a living honoree.

[66 dmhlt]

7. Geezzz - I was just providing some background info. No need to get so defensive.