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Title: Mary Travers Dies At 72
Post by: Lord Undies on September 16, 2009, 10:28:52 PM
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Title: Re: Mary Travers Dies At 72
Post by: Lord Undies on September 16, 2009, 10:30:18 PM
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Mary Travers, who as one-third of the hugely popular 1960s folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary helped popularize such tunes as "Puff (The Magic Dragon)" and "If I Had a Hammer," died in a Connecticut hospital Wednesday after battling leukemia for several years. She was 72.

The band's publicist, Heather Lylis, said Travers died at Danbury Hospital.

Bandmate Peter Yarrow said that in her final months, Travers handled her declining health with bravery and generosity, showing her love to friends and family "with great dignity and without restraint."

"It was, as Mary always was, honest and completely authentic," he said. "That's the way she sang, too; honestly and with complete authenticity."

Noel "Paul" Stookey, the trio's other member, praised Travers for her inspiring activism, "especially in her defense of the defenseless."

"I am deadened and heartsick beyond words to consider a life without Mary Travers and honored beyond my wildest dreams to have shared her spirit and her career," he said.

Mary Allin Travers was born on Nov. 9, 1936 in Louisville, Ky., the daughter of.....

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Title: Re: Mary Travers Dies At 72
Post by: Chris_ on September 17, 2009, 06:08:21 AM
Wow they say it comes in three's wonder which celeb is going to be next?
Title: Re: Mary Travers Dies At 72
Post by: Thor on September 17, 2009, 12:47:16 PM
Wow they say it comes in three's wonder which celeb is going to be next?

Apparently, Henry Gibson