Mary Travers

Mary Travers of the famed 1960's folk trio Peter, Paul & Mary has died at the age of 72. Mary Travers passed away Wednesday, the band's publicist, Heather Lylis, says Travers died at Danbury Hospital in Connecticut . Mary had been fighting leukemia since 2005 and ultimately succumbed to the disease despite a bone marrow transplant.

She is survived by her fourth husband, two daughters, two grandchildren and a sister.