According to a family representative, folk singer Peter Yarrow, a member of the renowned 1960s group Peter, Paul, and Mary, passed away on Tuesday. He was eighty-six.
Years after being diagnosed with bladder cancer, publicist Ken Sunshine confirmed to NBC News that Yarrow, who also co-wrote the group’s most enduring hit, Puff the Magic Dragon, died in New York City.
The final chapter of our brave dragon’s amazing life has begun, and he is exhausted. According to a statement from daughter Bethany Yarrow, the world is familiar with Peter Yarrow as the legendary folk activist, but the real person behind the myth is just as kind, imaginative, passionate, humorous, and smart as his lyrics imply.
Following the death of 72-year-old Mary Travers in 2009, Yarrow’s death leaves Paul Stookey, 87, as the only survivor of Peter, Paul, and Mary.
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