Peter Yarrow Of Famed Folk Trio Peter, Paul And Mary Dies At 86

LOADINGERROR LOADINGLOS ANGELES (AP) — Peter Yarrow, the singer-songwriter best known as one-third of Peter, Paul and Mary, the folk-music trio whose impassioned harmonies transfixed millions as they lifted their voices in favor of civil rights and against war, has died.He was 86.American folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary, circa 1978.

During an incredible run of success spanning the 1960s, Yarrow, Noel Paul Stookey and Mary Travers released six Billboard Top 10 singles, two No.1 albums and won five Grammys.Owen Franken via Getty ImagesAdvertisement Yarrow, who also co-wrote the group’s most enduring song, “Puff the Magic Dragon,” died Tuesday in New York, publicist Ken Sunshine said.

Yarrow had been battling bladder cancer for the past four years.During an incredible run of success spanning the 1960s, Yarrow, Noel Paul Stookey and Mary Travers released six Billboard Top 10 singles, two No.1 albums and won five Grammys.Peter Yarrow performs The Music Center in Los Angeles in February 1980.

Sherry Rayn Barnett via Getty ImagesAdvertisement They also brought early exposure to Bob Dylan by turning two of his songs, “Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right” and “Blowin’ in the Wind,” into Billboard Top 10 hits as they helped lead an American renaissance in folk music.They performed “Blowin’ in the Wind” at the 1963 March on Washington at which the Rev.

Martin Luther King Jr.delivered his famous “I Have a Dream” speech.After an eight-year hiatus to pursue solo careers, the trio reunited in 1978 for a “Survival Sunday,” an anti-nuclear-power concert that Yarrow had organized in Los Angeles.

They would remain together until Travers’ death in 2009.Upon her passing, Yarrow and Stookey continued to perform both separately and together.We Need Your SupportOther news outlets have retreated behind paywalls.

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