Mary Travers of Peter, Paul and Mary dies at 72

Mary Travers, one-third of '60s folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary, has died after fighting a long battle with leukemia. She was 72. According to the group's publicist, Heather Lylis, Travers died Wednesday (9/16) at Danbury Hospital in Connecticut. Her former bandmates, Peter Yarrow and Noel Paul Stookey, were effusive with praise at the manner in which the singer dealt with her illness. "In her final months, Mary handled her declining health in the bravest, most generous way imaginable," Yarrow...

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