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Peter Yarrow obituary
Singer and songwriter with the American folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary who found fame in the 1960s
With their fine harmony singing, polished stage performances and social and political commitment, they crossed over from the New York City folk revival in Greenwich Village to international pop music success. The song, reportedly about the loss of childhood innocence and not, as sometimes suggested, drug use, enjoyed chart success when released as a single and was also the basis of three animated television films, which earned Yarrow an Emmy nomination. The following month, Peter, Paul and Mary sang Blowin’ in the Wind in front of a quarter of a million people at the March on Washington, when Martin Luther King gave his famous “I have a dream” speech.
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