The singer-songwriter and social activist best known as one-third of the folk-music group Peter, Paul and Mary, has died at age 86.

Peter Yarrow, one of three singers in the 1960s folk group Peter, Paul and Mary, has died. He was 86. Yarrow passed away on Tuesday, Jan. 7, after a four-year battle with bladder cancer, his publicist confirmed to The Guardian.

Yarrow wrote the music for the group’s best-known composition, “Puff, the Magic Dragon,” with lyrics by his Cornell classmate Leonard Lipton. The song became a standard both at summer camps and in

Folk singer Peter Yarrow — writer of the timeless classic "Puff the Magic Dragon" and one-third of the legendary 1960s trio Peter, Paul and Mary — died Tuesday, a family representative said. He was 86 and had been diagnosed with bladder cancer four years ago.

Peter Yarrow, the singer-songwriter, activist and founding member of the folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary, has died at 86 after battling bladder cancer.

FILE – Folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary, from left, Paul Stookey, Mary Travers and Peter Yarrow, appear at the American Music Awards in Los Angeles, Jan. 26, 1987. (AP Photo/Lennox McLendon, File)

Peter Yarrow of the folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary has died at the age of 86.The singer died on Tuesday (January 7) at his home on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. Yarrow’s death was confirmed by his publicist,

LOS ANGELES — 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 voices ...

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 ...

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