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 ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Vocalist Donna Jean Godchaux-MacKay, who performed with the Grateful Dead in the 1970s, has died. Godchaux died Sunday, Nov. 2, at ...

The singer died of cancer on Nov. 2 in Nashville Rachel DeSantis is a senior writer on the music team at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2019, and her work has previously appeared in ...

Her 60-year career included serving as a vocalist during the band’s biggest years in the 1970s and a stint as a Muscle Shoals session singer. By Etan Vlessing Canada Bureau Chief 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 cancer ...

Donna Jean Godchaux-MacKay, a soulful mezzo-soprano who provided backing vocals on such 1960s classics as “Suspicious Minds” and “When a Man Loves a Woman” and was a featured singer with the Grateful ...

Donna Jean Godchaux-MacKay, who spent the Seventies singing with the Grateful Dead, sang backup on several classic Sixties hits, and fronted her own bands, has died. She was 78. Godchaux died Sunday ...

Donna Jean Godchaux performs onstage at XXX during Day 4 of the 2016 Bonnaroo Arts And Music Festival on June 9, 2016 in Manchester, Tennessee. (Credit: Getty Images) Donna Jean Godchaux-MacKay, who ...

Donna Jean Godchaux-MacKay, a former member of the Grateful Dead, has died at the age of 78 from cancer, according to a statement. Newsweek reached out to the Grateful Dead’s representative via email ...