Remembering Donna Jean Godchaux-MacKay, ‘first lady of the Grateful Dead’

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, Who Backed Up Elvis and Brought Soul to the Dead, Dies at 78

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 Dead at 78

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

Former Grateful Dead Vocalist Donna Jean Godchaux-MacKay Dies at 78

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.

Donna Jean Godchaux, the Grateful Dead's first lady, dies at 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 ...

Singer in legendary rock band dies at 78: ‘A sweet and warmly beautiful spirit’

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 ...
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Donna Jean Godchaux-MacKay, former vocalist of the legendary hippie band Grateful Dead, has passed away

The singer, who was also a backing vocalist for Elvis Presley, died on Sunday in Nashville, Tennessee, after a "long battle with cancer". Donna Jean Godchaux-MacKay, vocalist of Grateful Dead in the ...

Donna Jean Godchaux-MacKay, Grateful Dead singer who also backed Elvis, dead at 78

Donna Jean Godchaux-MacKay helped shape the sound of the Grateful Dead and sang backup on No. 1 hits by Elvis Presley ("Suspicious Minds") and Percy Sledge ("When a Man Loves a Woman").