Peter Yarrow, a founding member of the iconic folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary, has died at the age of 86. Known for their socially conscious lyrics and powerful harmonies, Peter, Paul and Mary became a symbol of the folk music revival of the 1960s. Yarrow was a key figure in the group's success, co-writing some of their most beloved songs, including 'Puff the Magic Dragon'.
Peter Yarrow , best known as one-third of the folk-music trio Peter, Paul and Mary, has died at the age of 86. Yarrow, who also co-wrote the group’s most enduring song, “Puff the Magic Dragon,” died Tuesday in New York from bladder cancer. “Our fearless dragon is tired and has entered the last chapter of his magnificent life,” his daughter Bethany said in a statement.
“The world knows Peter Yarrow the iconic folk activist, but the human being behind the legend is every bit as generous, creative, passionate, playful, and wise as his lyrics suggest.” During their 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. They helped lead an American renaissance in folk music, turning two of his songs, “Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right” and “Blowin’ in the Wind,” into Billboard Top 10 hits. Yarrow was on the festival board and emceed the show, begged Dylan to go back on to play another song after his blistering set, a scene captured in the 2024 biopic. 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. Born May 31, 1938, in New York, Yarrow was raised in an upper middle class family he said placed high value on art and scholarship
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