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Singer from Peter, Paul and Mary Said, She Hoped Her Bone Marrow Donor "Wasn't A Republican" - Now She Publicly Expresses Her Gratitude 69-year-old Mary Travers -- of the folk group Peter, Paul & Mary fame -- has survived leukemia with the help of a bone marrow transplant from a stranger who it was discovered is poles apart from Travers politically.
According to a report in USA Today, the women only learned each other's identity a year after the transplant, because the National Marrow Donor Program requires donors and recipients to remain anonymous for a year, and even then they can only meet if both agree. Most ironic is the fact that Travers, reportedly a longtime Democratic activist, had been said to joke before knowing the identity of her donor that she hoped it wasn't a Republican. When she found out that Hessen was a Republican, Mary said, "It has added a certain kind of vigor to my bones, but it hasn't changed my throat - or my politics." 
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Upon meeting the transplant donor, Mary DeWitt Hessen, Travers hugged her and gushed, "From the moment your bone marrow cells went into my body, I knew I was going to be OK." Later, before a sold-out concert, Travers said, "This is a very special woman to whom I owe everything." 
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