Obituaries

Actor Henry Gibson, 73, best known for starring in Laugh-In, died of cancer on Monday.
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Mary Travers, member of the folk trio Peter, Paul & Mary, has died. Travers was 72, though initial reports had a typo of 62, which is too young considering how long she had been in show business. She had suffered from leukemia for several years.

A more complete obituary is here. Snip:

Mary Allin Travers was born on Nov. 9, 1936 in Louisville, Ky., the daughter of journalists who moved the family to Manhattan's bohemian Greenwich Village. She quickly became enamored with folk performers like the Weavers, and was soon performing with Seeger, a founding member of the Weavers who lived in the same building as the Travers family.

With a group called the Song Swappers, Travers backed Seeger on one album and two shows at Carnegie Hall. She also appeared (as one of a group of folk singers) in a short-lived 1958 Broadway show called "The Next President," starring comedian Mort Sahl.

It wasn't until she met up with Yarrow and Stookey that Travers would taste success on her own. Yarrow was managed by Grossman, who later worked in the same capacity for Dylan.

"If I Had a Hammer" with Noah Paul Stookey and Peter Yarrow:


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Real-life "Norma Rae" Crystal Lee Sutton, 68, of brain cancer.
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