Yarrow died on Jan 7 at his home, surrounded by family, following a battle with bladder cancer. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Peter, Paul and Mary quickly emerged as the winning 1960s iteration of a clean-cut, meticulously arranged supper-club and concert-hall approach to performing folk songs, passed down from 1950s groups like the Weavers and the Kingston Trio.

Peter Yarrow, who was one third of the popular 1960s folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary and co-writer of the song “Puff, the Magic Dragon” died Tuesday morning at his home in New York City “with his family by his side,