Mary Travers

Mary Travers

Mary Allin Travers, a famous American Pop singer of early 1960’s died with leukemia at the age of 72. She died on September 16, 2009 in at Danbury Hospital in Danbury. She was surfing from leukemia since 2005. Bone-marrow transplant was successful apparently but she died with complications arising from chemotherapy . According to some resources her funeral will be held on 18 September. She was the member of folk group, Peter, Paul and Mary. It was the most famous and successful group in 1960’s. Peter Yarrow and Noel “Paul” Stookey were the other group members. Her solo discographies are. She was born in November 9, 1936, Louisville, Kentucky, United States. Her parents Robert Travers and Virginia Coigney both were journalist and worked for newspapers.

She was born in November 9, 1936, Louisville, Kentucky, United States. Her parents Robert Travers and Virginia Coigney both were journalist and worked for newspapers. She was very fond of music from her childhood and her focus was on folk music. In 1960’s she was the only female in folk music. Mary Travers, one-third of the hugely popular 1960s folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary, died Wednesday. She was 72. Travers, who battled leukemia for several years, died at Danbury Hospital in Connecticut, said the band’s publicist, Heather Lylis. 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.
The group collected five Grammy Awards for their three-part harmony on enduring songs like “Leaving on a Jet Plane,” “Puff (The Magic Dragon)” and “Blowin’ in the Wind.” At one point in 1963, three of their albums were in the top six Billboard best-selling LPs as they became the biggest stars of the folk revival movement.
They debuted at the Bitter End in 1961, and their beatnik look — a tall blonde flanked by a pair of goateed guitarists — was a part of their initial appeal.
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