Folk Singer Artie Traum Dies at 65

Artie Traum, a veteran folk songwriter and guitarist who came out of the famous Greenwich Village music scene of the '60s, is dead. He was 65.

Jeff Heiman, Traum's manager, said he died Sunday at his home in Woodstock from cancer that spread to his liver.

Traum produced and recorded with some of the biggest names in folk and rock, from Bela Fleck to the Band, according to his Web site. He is widely known for playing and recording with his brother, Happy Traum.