The folk singer was a third of the band Peter, Paul and Mary and he co-wrote songs like Puff the Magic Dragon, The Great Mandala, and Day Is Done. The band has six US Top 10 singles and five Top ...

Peter Yarrow, who was part of Peter, Paul & Mary and helped popularize folk music in the early ’60s, has died. He was 86. According to The New York Times, Yarrow died in his Manhattan home on ...

Peter Yarrow, the singer-songwriter best known as one-third of Peter, Paul and Mary, the folk-music trio whose impassioned harmonies transfixed millions as they lifted their voices in favor of civi… ...

During an incredible run of success spanning the 1960s, Yarrow, Noel Paul Stookey and Mary Travers released six Billboard Top 10 singles, two No. 1 albums and won five Grammys.

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.

Folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary, from left, Mary Travers, Paul Stookey and Peter Yarrow, perform at a Los Angeles benefit to aid to Cambodian refugees on Jan. 30, 1980. (AP Photo/George Brich, File) ...

Peter, Paul and Mary released 13 albums from 1962 to 2004. They won five Grammys out of 16 nominations. After Travers’ death in 2009 , Yarrow and Stookey, 87, continued performing as a duo.

During an incredible run of success spanning the 1960s, Yarrow, Noel Paul Stookey and Mary Travers released six Billboard Top 10 singles, two No. 1 albums and won five Grammys.