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 cancer ...

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

Aug. 20—The first time I ever saw the Grateful Dead in concert I had a big surprise coming — an entirely different lineup of the band than I expected. Like for many others, their country-tinged ...

Grateful Dead singer Donna Jean Godchaux has died at the age of 78, it has been announced, after the star had been battling ...

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

Donna Jean Godchaux, the only woman to have graced The Grateful Dead's lineup, died Sunday, Nov. 2, 2025, at 78, according to news reports. Look back at her legendary music career, including here as ...