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

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 ...

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 ...

"Her unmistakable voice and radiant spirit touched the lives of countless fans and immeasurably enriched the Grateful Dead family," the band wrote on social media.

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").

MacKay, a vocalist for the Grateful Dead during the 1970s and backup singer for Elvis Presley and Percy Sledge, has died at the age of 78. Godchaux-MacKay passed away on Sunday after a lengthy ...

Donna Jean Godchaux-MacKay, a featured vocalist with the Grateful Dead and a backup singer on Elvis Presley hits, has died at 78. Dennis McNally, a spokesperson for Godchaux-MacKay, confirmed Godchaux ...

WASHINGTON — Donna Jean Godchaux-MacKay, a singer known for working with the Grateful Dead, has died. She was 78. The singer died on Sunday following a "lengthy struggle with cancer," according to ...