Mary Travers and Peter Yarrow in 1978. (The Heritage Foundation) Yarrow was born on May 31, 1938, in New York. His father was a lawyer and a co-founder of the CIA project Radio Free Europe.

Peter Yarrow from the critically acclaimed 1960s folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary passed away on Tuesday, January 7, at age 86 from bladder cancer. To honor him and the lasting legacy he left on the ...

Peter Yarrow, folk hero and songwriter who wrote “Puff the Magic Dragon,” passed away on Tuesday, January 7. He was 86 years old, according to the Associated Press. “Our fearless dragon is ...

American singer and songwriter Peter Yarrow, who found fame with the 1960s folk music trio Peter, Paul and Mary, died on Tuesday at the age of 86, his publicist said. Yarrow died at his New York ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Peter Yarrow, the singer-songwriter best known as one-third of Peter, Paul and Mary, the folk-music trio whose impassioned harmonies transfixed millions as they lifted their ...

Peter Yarrow, one-third of the hit-making 1960s folk group Peter, Paul and Mary, and a Jewish activist who promoted Israeli-Palestinian coexistence and other progressive causes, has died at age 86.

John Stuart, a Gorham musician who had worked with the iconic folk singer, speaks about their history in the wake of Yarrow's death Jan. 7. John Stuart of Gorham, following the death of Peter ...

Folk singer Peter Yarrow, of the musical group Peter, Paul, and Mary, died Monday, Jan. 6, at 86 after a years-long battle with bladder cancer. In the wake of his passing, Gastonia Councilwoman ...

The world lost a great folk singer this month. Peter Yarrow is best known for his work with Peter Paul and Mary, but he had a special connection to Newtown, Connecticut. Two months after the ...

I was reminded of one of Peter Yarrow’s most important contributions, which was not included in his obituary [“Peter Yarrow, 86, of Peter, Paul and Mary,” Jan. 8]. In 1999, he co-founded ...