Beverley Martyn, Whose Folk Music Breakthrough Took 50 Years, Dies at 79

As a rising star of the 1960s, she dated Paul Simon, brooded with Nick Drake and drew Barbra Streisand’s envy. Then she sank into an abusive marriage.Beverley Martyn in 1999. As a promising young singer, she performed at the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967 and met stars like Peter Fonda and Janis Joplin. But she put her career on hold for decades.