Peter Yarrow, who died Tuesday at age 86, has long denied that the famous song “Puff, the Magic Dragon,” was about drugs.

Peter Yarrow, the singer-songwriter who was one-third of the folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary, has died at age 86, his representative confirmed to ABC News.

A folk icon and dedicated political activist, Yarrow helped bring the songs of Bob Dylan to the wider public, but his career was later tainted by his conviction on child sex abuse charges

PUFF The Magic Dragon’s co-writer Peter Yarrow has tragically died aged 86. The legend – best known as one-third of folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary – died on Tuesday in New York,

The family of Peter Yarrow have paid tribute to their "fearless dragon", referencing the song he wrote and performed with Peter, Paul and Mary. Along with his folk trio bandmates - Noel Paul Stookey and Mary Travers - Yarrow had huge success in the 1960s.

Peter Yarrow, one third of the chart-topping 1960s folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary — which helped popularize Bob Dylan as the voice of a generation — co-writer of the song “Puff, the Magic Dragon” and a prominent social activist,

American musician Peter Yarrow - known for having been a member of the trio Peter, Paul & Mary – has died, aged 86, this week after his experience with bladder cancer

American singer and songwriter Peter Yarrow, who found fame with the 1960s folk music trio Peter, Paul and Mary, died on Tuesday at the age of 86, his publicist said. Yarrow died at his New York home surrounded by family following a four-year battle with bladder cancer,

Peter Yarrow, the singer-songwriter, activist and founding member of the folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary, has died at 86 after battling bladder cancer.