Melodee Buzzard, whose disappearance was reported by Santa Barbara County educators in October, has been found dead, a relative confirmed to The Times on Tuesday.

This middle-aged free-heeler loves the Dead as much as the next fellow CU Boulder alum. But a $900 Grateful Dead-branded ...

The Grateful Dead will forever be associated with San Francisco, the epicenter of the ’60s hippie movement in which the band did indeed play a prominent role during its less-than-two-year stay at 710 ...

The Grateful Dead and its extended family are mourning the passing of Donna Jean Godchaux-Mackay, who holds the distinction of being the only woman to break into the all-male bastion of the Grateful ...

Singer Donna Jean Godchaux-MacKay, who helped shape the sound of the Grateful Dead during the 1970s and sang backup on No. 1 hits by Elvis Presley and Percy Sledge, died Sunday. She was 78. The singer ...

Donna Jean Godchaux-MacKay, a former singer for the Grateful Dead, has died at 78, Fox News Digital confirmed. Godchaux-MacKay passed away on Nov. 2, surrounded by her family at Alive Hospice in ...

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 ...

Grateful Dead is speaking out about Donna Jean Godchaux’s death. The rock band took to Instagram on Nov. 3 to honor the late singer, who died earlier this month at age 78. Alongside a photo of ...

Donna Jean Godchaux-MacKay, the Alabama-born singer best known for her years with the Grateful Dead, has died at the age of 78 following a battle with cancer. Her death was confirmed in a family ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Grateful Dead singer Donna Jean Godchaux-MacKay has died following a lengthy battle with cancer.

Donna Jean Godchaux died on Nov. 2, 2025, at the age of 78. She died at a hospice facility in Nashville, Tennessee, after a long battle with cancer. Her family’s statement described her as “a sweet ...

NEW YORK (AP) — 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 ...