Vocalist Peter Yarrow, best known for singing with the folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary, died at the age of 86 on January 7, 2025. Yarrow died of bladder cancer after being diagnosed four years ago. He wrote or cowrote many of the trio’s songs including the popular “Puff,

Peter Yarrow, who died Tuesday at age 86, has long denied that the famous song “Puff, the Magic Dragon,” was about drugs.

Peter Yarrow, the singer-songwriter who was one-third of the folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary, has died at age 86, his representative confirmed to ABC News.