{"id":119053,"date":"2025-01-07T21:02:50","date_gmt":"2025-01-07T21:02:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/2025\/01\/07\/peter-paul-and-marys-peter-yarrow-dies-at-86\/"},"modified":"2025-01-07T21:02:50","modified_gmt":"2025-01-07T21:02:50","slug":"peter-paul-and-marys-peter-yarrow-dies-at-86","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/2025\/01\/07\/peter-paul-and-marys-peter-yarrow-dies-at-86\/","title":{"rendered":"Peter, Paul and Mary\u2019s Peter Yarrow dies at 86"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/syndication.abcaudio.com\/files\/2025-01-07\/Getty_PeterPaulandMary_010725.jpg\" alt><figcaption>L-R Paul Stookey, Mary Travers, Peter Yarrow of Peter, Paul and Mary\/Photo Credit: Images Press\/IMAGES\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Folk singer <strong>Peter Yarrow<\/strong>, the Peter in <strong>Peter, Paul and Mary<\/strong>, passed away Tuesday at the age of 86, his publicist confirmed to ABC Audio. Yarrow\u00a0died in New York after battling bladder cancer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Peter, Paul and Mary, which also featured <strong>Paul Stookey<\/strong> and <strong>Mary Travers<\/strong>, rose to fame in the folk music scene of the 1960s, with their self-titled debut album one of the few folk albums to hit #1 on the <\/span><em><span class=\"s1\">Billboard<\/span><\/em><span class=\"s1\"> chart.<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The popular trio was known for such songs as \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=s26e_86-K0k\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>Puff, The Magic Dragon<\/strong><\/span><\/a><span class=\"s1\">\u201d and \u201cI Dig Rock And Roll Music,\u201d as well as covers of <strong>Pete Seeger<\/strong>\u2019s \u201cIf I Had a Hammer\u201d and \u201cWhere Have All The Flowers Gone?\u201d and <strong>Bob Dylan<\/strong>\u2019s \u201cBlowin\u2019 in the Wind,&#8221; \u201cDon\u2019t Think Twice, It\u2019s All Right\u201d and \u201cThe Times They Are A Changin\u2019.\u201d Yarrow is actually one of the characters in the recently released Dylan biopic <\/span><em><span class=\"s1\">A Complete Unknown<\/span><\/em><span class=\"s1\">, played by actor <strong>Nick Pupo<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">In 1970 Yarrow was convicted of taking &#8220;improper liberties&#8221; with a 14-year-old girl and served three months in prison. He was pardoned by President <strong>Jimmy Carter<\/strong> in 1981.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">With Yarrow&#8217;s death,\u00a0Stookey is the last surviving member of the trio. Travers passed away in 2009 at the age of 72.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2025, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>L-R Paul Stookey, Mary Travers, Peter Yarrow of Peter, Paul and Mary\/Photo Credit: Images Press\/IMAGES\/Getty Images Folk singer Peter Yarrow, the Peter in Peter, Paul and Mary, passed away Tuesday at the age of 86, his publicist confirmed to ABC Audio. Yarrow\u00a0died in New York after battling bladder cancer. 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