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MARY TRAVERS of Peter, Paul and Mary Folk Fame, Dead at 72

MARY TRAVERS of Peter, Paul and Mary Folk Fame, Dead at 72:More sad music news, Mary Travers, one-third of the legendary folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary who were known for many classic tune but perhaps best known for their hit “Puff (The Magic Dragon),” died this week in a Connecticut hospital after a lengthy battle with leukemia. She was 72. Peter, Paul and Mary were vital to the rise of folk music during the 60′s and voiced many of the social and political concerns of the era.  The band’s publicist, Heather Lylis, informed us that Travers died Wednesday at Danbury Hospital. No word yet on funeral services, or a public memorial.

She is survived by her husband, Ethan Robbins, and daughters, Alicia and Erika. Our deepest sympathies go out to her family, friends, and everyone who enjoyed the power of her timeless talent.

Full obit at Guardian.co.uk. See Mary on Mama Cass’s 1969 tv show-

Mary Travers of Peter, Paul and Mary Dies

Mary Travers of Peter, Paul and Mary Dies:Mary Travers, whose ringing, earnest vocals with the folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary made songs like “Blowin’ in the Wind,” “If I Had a Hammer” and “Where Have All the Flowers Gone?” enduring anthems of the 1960s protest movement, died Wednesday night in Danbury Hospital in Connecticut. She was 72 and had lived in Redding, Conn.

The cause was cancer, said her spokeswoman, Heather Lylis.

Ms. Travers brought a powerful voice and an unfeigned urgency to music that resonated with mainstream listeners. With her straight blond hair and willowy figure and two bearded guitar players by her side, she looked exactly like what she was, a Greenwich Villager straight from the clubs and the coffee houses that nourished the folk-music revival.

“She was obviously the sex appeal of that group, and that group was the sex appeal of the movement,” said Elijah Wald, a folk-blues musician and a historian of popular music.