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Peter Yarrow, Jewish musician and activist of Peter, Paul and Mary fame, dies at 86

JL;DR SUMMARY Peter Yarrow, the influential Jewish musician and activist from the iconic 1960s folk group Peter, Paul and Mary, passed away at 86 due to bladder cancer. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish ActivismPeter YarrowCornell UniversityFolk MusicIsraeli Palestinian CoexistenceGreenwich VillagePeter Paul And MaryBladder CancerOperation Respect1960s Folk Revival

Places mentioned

New York City, New York, United States
"Yarrow was born in 1938 in New York City."
Manhattan, New York, United States
"The longtime resident of Manhattans Upper West Side entered hospice last month."
Washington, Washington DC, United States
"In 1970, Yarrow served three months in prison for taking improper liberties with a 14-year-old girl who came to his Washington, D.C., hotel room for an autograph."
Greenwich Village, New York, United States
"Yarrow was a Cornell graduate playing in Greenwich Village clubs during the early 1960s folk revival."
Interlochen, Michigan, United States
"Yarrow attended the Interlochen music camp in Michigan."
Jerusalem, Israel
"the trio performed it the next year in Jerusalem to a large and mostly enthusiastic audience."
Israel
"In 2007 he traveled to Israel to promote his anti-bullying program."
Ukraine
"His father, who emigrated from Ukraine at age 16, was a lawyer who helped create Radio Free Europe."
New York, United States
"studied physics and painting at New Yorks High School of Music and Art, part of what is now LaGuardia High School."

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