Suze Rotolo

Suze Rotolo appeared in one of folk music's most lasting images, the cover to "The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan," the 1963 album that made Mr. Dylan a star.

Dylan Muse Graced Famed Album Cover Stephen Miller 2011

Died: Suze Rotolo , 67, Dylan muse who graced an iconic album.

What's News: World-Wide 2011

In July 1961 Dylan met seventeen-year-old Suze Rotolo, the daughter of Communists and a leftist herself.

Peter Dreier: The Political Bob Dylan Peter Dreier 2011

Suze Rotolo, whose love affair with a young Bob Dylan shaped his early songwriting and who appeared with him on the cover of his first hit album, died Feb. 25 of cancer at her home in New York.

Suze Rotolo, 67; Bob Dylan's muse helped symbolize 1960s folk revival 2011

Getty Images Suze Rotolo appears clutching the arm of a young Bob Dylan on the cover of the 1963 album 'The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan.'

Dylan Muse Graced Famed Album Cover Stephen Miller 2011

In July 1961 Dylan met seventeen-year-old Suze Rotolo, the daughter of Communists and a leftist herself.

Peter Dreier: The Political Bob Dylan Peter Dreier 2011

In July 1961 Dylan met seventeen-year-old Suze Rotolo, the daughter of Communists and a leftist herself.

Peter Dreier: The Political Bob Dylan Peter Dreier 2011

For the death of Suze Rotolo, the girlfriend in the green coat on Dylan's arm on the album cover, is one of those shared generational moments.

In praise of … A Freewheelin' Time | Editorial 2011

In her glowing liner notes, Suze Rotolo (featured on The Freewheelin 'Bob Dylan album cover) accurately states, "The songs on The Village aren't confined to any particular era any more than the musicians performing them are ... every tune is something transformed from something I knew into something I didn't."

Mike Ragogna: It Takes The Village: Interviews with Shelby Lynne, Rickie Lee Jones, Michael Timmins, John Oates, Amos Lee, Rachael Yamagata, Steve Berlin, and More 2009

Suze Rotolo was 17 when she met Bob Dylan, himself then a raw 20-year-old.

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