Mary Travers (PP&M) has leukemia

[Auburn Annie]

Mary Travers, 67, of Peter, Paul and Mary is undergoing chemotherapy for a form of leukemia, but a full remission is expected within a few months, her publicist, Ken Sunshine, said Tuesday.

Go to cnn.com and click on the Entertainment link for more. It's probably on any number of other news sites as well.

[SilverHeels]

quote:Originally posted by Auburn Annie:
Mary Travers, 67, of Peter, Paul and Mary is undergoing chemotherapy for a form of leukemia, but a full remission is expected within a few months, her publicist, Ken Sunshine, said Tuesday.

Go to cnn.com and click on the Entertainment link for more. It's probably on any number of other news sites as well.



I do hope she makes a full recovery. I met her once a long time ago and she was very gracious and very kind to me.
Wishing you a speedy recovery, Mary.

(thanks for the info, Annie)

So, that's the reason their concert was cancelled. They were to perform at the same Vegas casino Gord is going to be at. The last time I checked the site, I saw the cancelled notification. Well, I'm sending up prayers for her and her family.

[Borderstone]

I feel she'll recover completely,I just have that idea within my better insticts after reading about her. Good luck Mary!

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"A knight of the road,going back to a place where he might get warm." - Borderstone

My husband, who is a respiratory therapist at Childrens Hospital in L.A., told me last night that there is a cure for Leukemia (can you believe it??!), but, it's not been approved yet by the FDA. It's still in the clinical trials period. So, hopefully, she's involved with those!!!

Remember, during the hootenanny thread, that I'd mentioned my mom used to take me to them (hootenannys) during the early 60's (I was a toddler, she'd just pack me along with her guitar), and all of a sudden I had this flash of remembrance -- I saw PP&M play at one!! I can't believe I just remembered that!! Talk about a golden memory! After all the music she used to play (Burl Ives, classical music, Renaissance music [she also was really into that and we went to the Renaissance Pleasure Faire every year], and all manner of folk music [I got her to make a copy of a songbook we all used to play from -- everyone in the family would play an instrument, we had all kinds, and, anyway, it had music in it from Woody and Arlo Guthrie, gee, just everyone, you know? It's around here somewhere...]. Usually, I didn't care for her favored kind of music, but, PP&M I loved! Whenever they did a TV appearance, we watched it over the years. They make me feel good, and warm, and... involved and caring, you know? I know you guys know what I mean.

[This message has been edited by Sheryl Klein (edited December 08, 2004).]