Peter Yarrow of Peter, Paul and Mary has died at 86 : NPR

Folks singer Peter Yarrow, finest generally known as a member of the trio Peter, Paul and Mary, has died at 86. His publicist confirmed Yarrow died Tuesday morning, surrounded by his household at his house in New York Metropolis, after a four-year battle with bladder most cancers.

The son of Ukrainian Jewish immigrants, Peter Yarrow grew up in New York Metropolis. He started performing people music as an undergrad at Cornell, and met his bandmates Mary Travers and Noel Paul Stookey within the Greenwich Village people scene. As Peter, Paul and Mary, the three noticed monumental success within the early Sixties, spurred on by a music Yarrow co-wrote, “Puff, the Magic Dragon.” The group would notch six High 10 hits on the Billboard Scorching 100 between 1962 and 1969, and earn 5 Grammy awards.

Yarrow was a political activist all through his life, and wrote the anti-Vietnam Struggle protest music “Day Is Carried out,” launched by Peter, Paul and Mary in 1969. However in 1970, his status was tarnished after he was convicted for a sexual offense towards a minor. He served three months in jail and was finally pardoned by President Jimmy Carter.