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MARTIN: Mary Agnes Carey is a senior correspondent at Kaiser Health News. That's a nonprofit news service. It's not affiliated with Kaiser Permanente, and she was kind enough to join us here in our Washington, D.C. studios. Mary Agnes, thanks again.
Mary Travers Biography. Mary Travers was the earnest, sweet-voiced singer from the folk group Peter, Paul & Mary. With hits like âLeavinâ on a Jet Plane,â âIf I Had a Hammer,â and âPuff (the Magic Dragon),â they were leaders of the folk music revolution of the 1960s and active members of the âflower powerâ political protests of the decade.