Singer-songwriter Peter Yarrow, best known as one-third of the folk music trio Peter, Paul and Mary, who championed civil rights, spoke out against war, and captivated millions with their passionate harmonies, has died. Representative Ken Sunshine confirmed this to CBS News. Yaro was 86 years old.
Yarrow, who co-wrote the group’s most enduring song, “Puff the Magic Dragon,” died Tuesday in New York, Sunshine told the Associated Press. Yarrow has been battling bladder cancer for the past four years.
“Our brave dragon is exhausted and has entered the final chapter of his magnificent life. The world knows Peter Yarrow as an iconic folk activist, but the man behind the legend is just as generous, creative, passionate and passionate as Peter Yarrow. “The lyrics are thought-provoking,” his playful and wise daughter Bethany said in a statement.
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During their incredible success throughout the 1960s, Yarrow, Noel Paul Stookey, and Mary Travers released six Billboard Top 10 singles, two number one albums, and won five Grammy Awards.
They also credited Bob Dylan with helping usher in the American renaissance of folk music by turning two of his songs, “Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right” and “Blowin’ in the Wind”, into Billboard Top 10 hits. It brought me some initial exposure. . They performed “Blowin’ in the Wind” in 1963 in March on Washington, the same day Martin Luther King Jr. gave his famous “I Have a Dream” speech.
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