Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/folk-legend-mary-travers-dies-at-72 Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Transcript A look back at the life of Mary Travers, of the legendary folk trio Peter, Paul, and Mary, who died Wednesday at age 72. Read the Full Transcript Notice: Transcripts are machine and human generated and lightly edited for accuracy. They may contain errors. JUDY WOODRUFF: Finally tonight, remembering singer Mary Travers of the folk music trio Peter, Paul and Mary. They were vocal political activists as well as performers. Here they are performing "If I Had a Hammer" at the 1963 Newport Folk Festival. MARY TRAVERS: The family of folk continues; it's just a matter of passing it on. Or, as Peter once said, you know, we're all on the same train together. Some passengers get on; some passengers get off. JUDY WOODRUFF: Mary Travers died yesterday after a long battle with leukemia. She was 72 years old.