The singer, who died on Nov. 2 after a long battle with cancer, lent her powerful voice to the legendary band from 1971 to 1979.

Raised in studios around Muscle Shoals, Ala., she was with the Grateful Dead for some of its most celebrated—and ...

Grateful Dead singer Donna Jean Godchaux-MacKay has died. She was 78. Godchaux-MacKay died on Sunday at Alive Hospice in Nashville, Tennessee, after a lengthy battle with cancer, her family confirmed ...

Donna Jean Godchaux-MacKay, former lead singer of the rock band Grateful Dead, died on Sunday, November 2, 2025. She was 78.

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Donna Jean Godchaux-MacKay, who lent her powerful, soaring, Gospel-style voice to the Grateful Dead as a backup singer from 1971 to 1979, has died, her representative confirmed to TheWrap on Monday.