The singer-songwriter was known for hits like "Puff, the Magic Dragon" as well as covers of songs like "Blowin' in the Wind" and "Leaving on a Jet Plane"

Peter Yarrow, the pioneering folk musician who found massive success as part of the musical trio Peter, Paul, and Mary, has died at the age of 86, according to the Associated Press.

Folk singer-songwriter Peter Yarrow, most known as a member of the trio Peter, Paul and Mary, has died at 86 years old. The Grammy-winning musician passed away at his home in New York City on Tuesday,

Peter Yarrow, who helped make folk music a pop phenomenon in the 1960s as one-third of the vocal trio Peter, Paul and Mary, died Tuesday at his home in New York. He was 86.His death was confirmed by his publicist,

NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK: Peter Yarrow, the Grammy-winning musician celebrated for his work with the iconic folk trio Peter, Paul, and Mary, died on Tuesday, January 7, at the age of 86. The singer-songwriter died of bladder cancer at his New York City home, as confirmed by People.

Peter Yarrow, celebrated folk singer-songwriter and a member of the legendary trio Peter, Paul and Mary, passed away at the age of 86 in New York on Tuesday after battling bladder cancer for four years.

Peter Yarrow, a 5-time Grammy winner who co-founded the folk-pop trio Peter, Paul & Mary and co-wrote its hit "Puff the Magic Dragon," died January 7 at 86.

Yarrow wrote or co-wrote some of the group's biggest 1960s hits, including "Puff, the Magic Dragon" and "Day Is Done."

Peter Yarrow, one-third of the 1960s folk group Peter, Paul and Mary, died Tuesday in New York City. He was 86. Yarrow died at his home in the Upper West Side of Manhattan, The New York Times reported. His death was confirmed by his publicist, Ken Sunshine, according to the newspaper. Yarrow had been battling bladder cancer for the past four years.

The trio he formed with Noel Paul Stookey and Mary Travers became a pop phenomenon, scoring hits like “If I Had a Hammer” and “Puff the Magic Dragon.”