prominent freelance photographer of musicians and celebrities. Her younger daughter, Alicia, was born in 1966, and the couple divorced the following year. In the 1970s, she was married to Gerald Taylor, publisher of National Lampoon. Following her marriage to Taylor, Travers had a relationship for several years with lawyer Richard Ben-Veniste while raising her daughters in New York. In 1991 she married restaurateur Ethan Robbins and lived with him in the small town of Redding, Connecticut for the remainder of her life. Illness and death In 2004, Travers was diagnosed with leukemia. A bone marrow transplant in 2005 induced a temporary remission, but she died on September 16, 2009, at Danbury Hospital in Connecticut, from complications related to the marrow transplant and other treatments. She was buried at Umpawaug Cemetery in Redding, Connecticut. Legacy A memorial service for Travers was held on November 9, 2009, at Riverside Church In New York City. The four-hour service, on what would have been her seventy-third birthday, was attended by a capacity crowd. Two of the many reflections shared at the service speak to the impact of Mary Travers's work and the significance of her legacy. Feminist Gloria Steinem commented that with her poise and conviction as a performer, Ms. Travers "seemed to us to be a free woman, and that helped us to be free." Folk singer and co-founder of the Newport Folk Festival, Theodore Bikel, mused on her roles as political activist and glamorous pop-music touchstone: Solo discography Mary, Warner Bros., 1971 Morning Glory, Warner Bros., 1972 All My Choices, Warner Bros., 1973 Circles, Warner Bros., 1974 It's in Everyone of Us, Chrysalis, 1978 See also List of people from the Louisville metropolitan area References External links . . . . . 1936 births 2009 deaths Musicians from Louisville, Kentucky American women singer-songwriters American folk singers Deaths from cancer in Connecticut Deaths from leukemia Singers from New York City People from Redding, Connecticut People from Greenwich Village Warner Records artists Chrysalis Records artists 20th-century American singers Singer-songwriters from Kentucky Folk musicians from Kentucky American contraltos Kentucky women musicians Singers from Kentucky 20th-century American women singers Little Red School House alumni Singer-songwriters from New York (state) 21st-century American women Singer-songwriters from Connecticut