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Travers, Mary, 1936-2009

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Personal name headingTravers, Mary, 1936-2009
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See alsoCorporate body: Peter, Paul, and Mary (Musical group)
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Associated countryUnited States
Birth date19361109
Death date20090916
Place of birthLouisville (Ky.)
Place of deathDanbury (Conn.)
Profession or occupationFolk singer
Found inPeter, Paul, and Mary (Musical group). Album 1700 [SR] 1967: label (Mary)
New Grove dict. of American music (under Peter, Paul and Mary, folk group, founded 1961: Mary Travers, b. Louisville, KY, Nov. 9, 1936)
New York times WWW site, Sept. 17, 2009 (in obituary published Sept. 16: Mary Travers; b. Mary Allin Travers, Nov. 9, 1936, Louisville, Ky.; d. Wednesday [Sept. 16, 2009], Danbury, Conn., aged 72; her ringing, earnest vocals with the folk trio Peter, Paul, and Mary made songs like Blowin' in the wind, If I had a hammer, and Where have all the flowers gone? enduring anthems of the 1960s protest movement)