MARY MARTIN: (As Peter Pan, singing) I've gotta crow. I'm just the cleverest fellow 'twas ever my fortune to know. I taught a trick to my shadow to stick to the tip of my toe.

Halliday, who fathered Martin's other child (a daughter, Heller), remained Martin's spouse, protector and enforcer until his death in 1973, agitating colleagues but sustaining her pristine reputation.

PETER PAN DID GROW UP—IN WEATHERFORD. That’s the hometown of Mary Martin, whose most memorable role in forty years of singing and dancing was that of James M. Barrie’s airborne scamp.

Mary Martin, a legendary music executive with ties to Bob Dylan, The Band, Vince Gill, Emmylou Harris and more, has died, at 85, in Nashville.

Mary Martin, the Broadway musical legend who portrayed Nellie Forbush and Maria von Trapp but who was Peter Pan to a mesmerized world, has died of cancer, it was reported yesterday.Miss Martin, 76 ...