Mary Travers of Peter, Paul and Mary dead at 72
Travers not only sung, but was an advocate of civil rights.
Mary Travers, a striking figure of power and glamour in the early-1960s folk music movement, died Wednesday at Danbury Hospital in Connecticut after suffering from leukemia for several years. She was 72.
She was best known as the blond with the bangs who commanded the middle microphone with Peter, Paul and Mary, a trio that brought folk music from coffeehouses to top-40 radio.
They also gave much of America its first taste of the young Bob Dylan by helping to turn his "Blowin' in the Wind" into a national anthem.
I don't know how best to say it, but here goes. Thanks for the music. You may have passed, but the music will live on. I'll treasure it as a gift.
RIP
