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

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 ...

The vocalist spent the Seventies with the legendary group, and she also sang backup on hits by Elvis Presley and Percy Sledge ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

Grateful Dead legend Donna Jean Godchaux has died, and fans are paying tribute in her honor. Here's what to know.