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- Height5′ 10″ (1.78 m)
- Mary Allin Travers was born on November 7, 1936 in Louisville, Kentucky, USA. She was a writer, known for Mary: Rhymes and Reasons (1972), Great Performances (1971) and Isn't This a Time! A Tribute Concert for Harold Leventhal (2004). She was married to Ethan Robbins, Gerald L. Taylor, Barry Feinstein and John Filler. She died on September 16, 2009 in Danbury, Connecticut, USA.
- SpousesEthan Robbins(July 6, 1991 - September 16, 2009) (her death)Gerald L. Taylor(June 1969 - October 1975) (divorced)Barry Feinstein(October 15, 1963 - July 1968) (divorced, 1 child)John Filler(1958 - 1960) (divorced, 1 child)
- She initially had not planned a professional singing career. Folk singing was a hobby until she met Peter Yarrow, who convinced her to join him in a folk-music trio.
- When she was two years old, her family moved to New York City. She grew up in the Greenwich Village neighborhood.
- On a PBS special she sang to her little granddaughter Wylly as her two daughters, Erika Marshall (born 1960) and Alicia Travers (born 1965) looked on.
- As a teenager, before joining Peter Paul & Mary, she worked as a dental technician.
- Mary of the folk group Peter Paul & Mary.
- People say to us "Oh, I grew up with your music", and we often say, sotto voce, "So did we". (from an interview in "Goldmine" music magazine)
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