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Members of the folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary, left to right: Paul Stookey, Mary Travers and Peter Yarrow in 1978. (The Heritage Foundation) Yarrow was born on May 31, 1938, in New York. His ...
Peter Yarrow was born in Manhattan to Ukrainian Jewish immigrants on May 31, 1938. His father, Bernard, became a lawyer at the venerable Wall Street law firm Sullivan and Cromwell.
Peter, Paul and Mary perform in Chicago in 1983. Getty Images. In 1970, Yarrow was convicted of “taking indecent liberties” with a 14-year-old girl in a Washington, DC, hotel room.
Peter Yarrow, who co-wrote “Puff the Magic Dragon,” died Tuesday at his home in New York. The singer-songwriter and social activist best known as one-third of the folk-music group Peter, Paul ...
Peter Yarrow, who died Tuesday at age 86, has long denied that the famous song “Puff, the Magic Dragon,” was about drugs. Accessibility statement Skip to main content Democracy Dies in Darkness ...
Peter Yarrow, who found folk music ... recorded a popular cover of Bob Dylan’s “Blowin’ in the Wind,” which they performed in 1963 at the March on Washington led by Martin Luther King, Jr.
Peter, Paul and Mary were also deeply involved in some of the biggest social and political movements of the Sixties. They performed during Dr. Martin Luther King’s 1963 March on Washington, as ...
You like Peter, Paul and Mary?” Jack Byrnes (played by Robert De Niro) asks Greg Focker (Ben Stiller) in Meet the Parents, as ...
Peter Yarrow, founding member of the legendary folk group Peter, Paul and Mary, died Jan. 7, 2025, at his home in New York City after a four-year battle with bladder cancer.
Peter Yarrow, whose caring and righteous vocals for the trio Peter, ... In August 1963, they took part in the March on Washington, the site of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.