RIP Mary Travers 1936-2009

Posted by | September 16, 2009 21:58 | Filed under: Top Stories


Mary Travers was part of the famed “Peter Paul and Mary”.


The band’s publicist, Heather Lylis, says Travers died at Danbury Hospital in Connecticut on Wednesday. She was 72 and had battled leukemia for several years.

 

Travers joined forces with Peter Yarrow and Noel Paul Stookey in the early 1960s.

 

The trio mingled their music with liberal politics, both onstage and off. Their version of “If I Had a Hammer” became an anthem for racial equality. Other hits included “Lemon Tree,” “Leaving on a Jet Plane” and “Puff (The Magic Dragon.)”

 

They were early champions of Bob Dylan and performed his “Blowin’ in the Wind” at the August 1963 March on Washington.

 

And they were vehement in their opposition to the Vietnam War, managing to stay true to their liberal beliefs while creating music that resonated in the American mainstream.

 

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