Peter, Paul and Mary’s Peter Yarrow Lifeless at 86

Peter, Paul and Mary singer Peter Yarrow is lifeless after an prolonged battle with most cancers … TMZ has confirmed.

Peter died Tuesday at his home on Manhattan’s Larger West Facet … based mostly on his publicist, Ken Sunshine, who tells us Peter’s motive behind dying was bladder most cancers.

We’re instructed Peter was recognized with most cancers 4 years prior to now, and battled the sickness until his dying.

Peter largely provided tenor vocals for the well-known Nineteen Sixties folks trio, nonetheless he moreover sang lead vocals for just a few of Peter, Paul and Mary’s biggest hits … most notably, “Puff The Magic Dragon.”

He co-wrote ‘Puff’ in 1959 when he was studying at Cornell Faculty … and he moreover provided lead vocals on “The Good Mandala” and “Day Is Carried out,” which cracked the Excessive 20 on the Billboard charts.

Peter even turned the timeless children’s observe into a picture information for youngsters.

The ultimate time we observed Peter, he instructed our photog why ‘Puff’ was in no way a observe about drug use and outlined how the dragon purchased its well-known establish.

Peter’s the second member of Peter, Paul and Mary to die … Mary Travers died method once more in September 2009, and now Paul Stookey is the ultimate surviving member.

Peter was 86.