Peter Yarrow died on Tuesday, Jan. 7 at his home in New York City. The Peter, Paul and Mary star was diagnosed with bladder cancer in 2021.

Folk singer Peter Yarrow — writer of the timeless classic "Puff the Magic Dragon" and one-third of the legendary 1960s trio Peter, Paul and Mary — died Tuesday, a family representative said. He was 86 and had been diagnosed with bladder cancer four years ago.

The singer and songwriter who helped popularize folk music in the 1960s died of bladder cancer at his home in New York.