Grateful Dead vocalist Donna Jean Godchaux has died at the age of 78. Here's what we know about her cause of death.

Known as “the first lady of the Grateful Dead,” she died of cancer on Nov. 2 in hospice care in Nashville at age 78.

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

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.

In addition to performing with the Grateful Dead, Godchaux-McKay performed in the Jerry Garcia Band and the short-lived Heart of Gold Band with Keith, who died in 1980. Godchaux-McKay, born Donna Jean ...

Donna Jean Godchaux-MacKay, the only woman to have graced The Grateful Dead 's lineup, has died at 78. The singer died at a hospice on Sunday, Nov. 2, in Nashville after a "lengthy struggle with ...