Everett Collection Peter Yarrow was born on May 31 ... he conceived the New Folks Concert at the Kerrville Folk Festival in Texas, which became an annual event. The year before, he had helped ...

Jennifer Stepp met Peter Yarrow in 2016 while helping to found an organization dedicated to depolarization. Here's her ...

Peter Yarrow, of the iconic folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary, has died at 86 after a four-year battle with bladder cancer.

Peter Yarrow of folk trio Peter, Paul, and Mary died in New York on Tuesday, January 7. The writer of the iconic song “Puff the Magic Dragon” was 86. “Our fearless dragon is tired and has ...

“Peter was a sparkplug ... That album was nominated for a Grammy Award.” At a concert in Texas, Stuart recalled Yarrow’s fingers were adjusting his volume. “I didn’t want him playing ...

The singer-songwriter was known for hits like "Puff, the Magic Dragon" as well as covers of songs like "Blowin' in the Wind" and "Leaving on a Jet Plane" ...

Peter Yarrow, the singer-songwriter, activist and founding member of the folk group Peter, Paul and Mary, died Tuesday, his representative confirms. He was 86. Yarrow died at his home in New York ...

Singer-songwriter Peter Yarrow, from the 1960s folk music trio Peter, Paul and Mary, performs April 28, 2016 at the Vietnam War Summit at the LBJ Presidential Library in Austin, Texas. LOS ANGELES ...

Yarrow wrote the music for the group’s best-known composition, “Puff, the Magic Dragon,” with lyrics by his Cornell classmate Leonard Lipton. The song became a standard both at summer camps and in ...

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FILE – Folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary, from left, Paul Stookey, Mary Travers and Peter Yarrow, appear at the American Music Awards in Los Angeles, Jan. 26, 1987. (AP Photo/Lennox McLendon, File) ...