Mary Travers of the 1960s folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary, best known for songs like 'If I Had a Hammer' and 'Puff the Magic Dragon,' died Wednesday after a long battle with leukemia. She was 72.

BOSTON -- 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 ...

Travers, one-third of the popular 1960s folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary died Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2009 in a Connecticut hospital after battling leukemia for... Skip to Article Set weather ...

Mary Travers, one-third of the hugely popular 1960s folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary, has died. The band's publicist, Heather Lylis, says Travers died at Danbury Hospital in Connecticut on Wednesday.

While Mary Travers didn't urge her two daughters to pursue careers in music, she did expect them to give back to society, which was an influence in Alicia's becoming a special education teacher.

AP Photo/Elise AmendolaIn this July 27, 2004 file photo, Mary Travers, Peter Yarrow and Paul Stookey. of Peter, Paul and Mary perform before the delegates during the Democratic National Convention ...

Mary Travers, one part of the folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary, which used beautiful, tranquil harmonies to convey the angst and turmoil of the Vietnam anti-war movement, racial discrimination ...