Mary Travers: the singer who used pop stardom for the greater good

Peter, Paul and Mary were easy to pillory, yet Mary Travers had a unique gift - she could sing completely free of cynicismMary Travers, who has died from the side effects of chemotherapy aged 72, was the essence of the freewheeling Greenwich Village bohemian — even if Peter, Paul And Mary's Puff The Magic Dragon may suggest otherwise. Singing protest songs with a strident glamour, a shock of blonde hair shaking to the sounds of righteousness as two bearded folkie types played guitar on ei...

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