Mary Travers, a folk singer and songwriter who became famous as a member of the 1960’s folk group Peter Paul & Mary has died. The singer was diagnosed with leukemia in 2005 and underwent a successful bone marrow stem cell transplant but succumbed to the side effects of one of the chemotherapy treatments. Travers passed away at Danbury Hospital in Danbury, Connecticut hospital at the age of 72 on September 16, 2009.
Travers, along with Peter Yarrow and Noel “Paul” Stookey, formed Peter Paul & Mary in 1961. Their hits included Blowin’ in the Wind, If I Had a Hammer, Where Have All the Flowers Gone? and Puff, the Magic Dragon. The group was inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 1999.
View photos and a video performance of I’m Leaving on a Jet Plane below.