Editing Peter, Paul and Mary (section)

===Reunion (1981–2009)===
[[File:Peter, Paul and Mary 2006.jpg|thumb|left|Peter, Paul and Mary in 2006]]
Their 1978 summer reunion tour was so popular that the group decided to reunite more or less permanently in 1981. They continued to record albums and tour, playing around 45 shows a year, until Travers's 2009 death.<ref name="autogenerated1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.peterpaulandmary.com/tour/f-tour.htm|title=Tour Schedule|website=Peterpaulandmary.com}}</ref>  After their reunion, double-bassist Dick Kniss (who had been their bassist in their studio recordings and with their 1960s tours) rejoined the group.  Starting in 1990, multi-instrumentalist [[Paul Prestopino]] also joined the group.

According to the flow of the times, they derived a way to change the lyrics of their songs, for example changing ''boys'' in the "Puff" became ''girls and boys''. The trio received the Peace Abbey Courage of Conscience award on September 1, 1990.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.peaceabbey.org/awards/cocrecipientlist.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090214172308/http://www.peaceabbey.org/awards/cocrecipientlist.html|url-status=dead|title=The Peace Abbey Courage of Conscience Recipients List|archive-date=February 14, 2009}}</ref>

In 2004, Travers was diagnosed with [[leukemia]], leading to the cancellation of that year's remaining tour dates. She received a [[bone marrow transplant]]. She and the rest of the trio resumed their tour on December 9, 2005, with a holiday performance at [[Carnegie Hall]].

The trio canceled several dates of their summer 2007 tour, as Travers had to undergo a second surgery.<ref name="autogenerated1" /> She was unable to perform on the trio's tour in mid-2009 because of the effects of leukemia, but Yarrow and Stookey performed the scheduled dates as a duo, calling the show "Peter & Paul Celebrate Mary and 5 Decades of Friendship".

On September 16, 2009, Travers died at age 72, of complications from [[chemotherapy]], following treatment for leukemia.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/16/mary-travers-of-peter-paul-and-mary-dies/ | title=Mary Travers of Peter, Paul and Mary Dies | date=September 16, 2009 | newspaper=[[The New York Times]] | access-date=March 25, 2019}}</ref> That same year, Peter, Paul and Mary were inducted into the Hit Parade Hall of Fame.

On January 7, 2025, Yarrow died of bladder cancer at age 86.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Farber |first1=Jim |title=Peter Yarrow, the Peter of Peter, Paul and Mary, Dies at 86 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/07/arts/music/peter-yarrow-dead.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=January 7, 2025 |date=January 7, 2025}}</ref> With his death, Stookey is the last surviving member of the group.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2025/01/07/peter-yarrow-dead-peter-paul-mary/77512343007/|title=Peter Yarrow, founding member of Peter, Paul and Mary, dies at 86|first=Anika Reed and Melissa|last=Ruggieri|website=USA Today}}</ref>
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