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Peter, Paul and Mary's Peter Yarrow Is Dead
Peter, Paul and Mary's
'Peter' Has Died at 86
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Peter, Paul and Mary's 'Peter' Has Died at 86

Only Noel 'Paul' Stookey now survives in wake of Yarrow's death

(Newser) - Peter Yarrow—the singer-songwriter best known as one-third of the folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary—has died at age 86. Yarrow, who also co-wrote the group's most enduring song, "Puff the Magic Dragon," died Tuesday in New York, said publicist Ken Sunshine. Yarrow had been battling...

Folk Legend Booted From Fest Over 1969 Incident Responds

Peter Yarrow says he understands cancellation over decades-old 'indecent liberties' matter

(Newser) - Peter Yarrow of Peter, Paul and Mary fame says he understands why the organizers of a music festival don't want him around. The 81-year-old musician has responded to the news that festival organizers in Norwich, New York, canceled his upcoming appearance after learning he pleaded guilty decades ago to...

Folk Legend Dropped From Festival Over 1969 Incident

Peter Yarrow of Peter, Paul, and Mary was pardoned, but is still paying

(Newser) - A music festival has disinvited folk singer Peter Yarrow of Peter, Paul, and Mary over his 1970 jail sentence for indecent liberties with a 14-year-old girl. The Press and Sun Bulletin of Binghamton reports that board members of the Colorscape Chenango Arts Festival in upstate New York cited negative reaction...

Mary Travers, of Peter, Paul and Mary, Dead at 72
Mary Travers, of Peter, Paul and Mary, Dead at 72
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Mary Travers, of Peter, Paul and Mary, Dead at 72

Member of folk trio had been battling leukemia

(Newser) - Mary Travers, one-third of the hugely popular 1960s folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary, died today after a battle with leukemia, the band's publicist says. She was 72. Travers joined forces with Peter Yarrow and Noel Paul Stookey in the early 1960s. The trio mingled their music with liberal politics,...

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