Peter Yarrow of folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary dies aged 86
Known for his political songs as well as Puff, the Magic Dragon, the group’s co-songwriter died of bladder cancer
Peter Yarrow, a vocalist with the US folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary, has died aged 86. The cause was bladder cancer, which Yarrow had been diagnosed with four years ago.
Yarrow took lead vocals on Puff, the Magic Dragon, The Great Mandella and Day Is Done, songs he either wrote or co-wrote with Noel Paul Stookey. Stookey is the last surviving member of the group, as Mary Travers died in 2009.
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