Grateful Dead co-founder Bob Weir dies
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Fellow bandmate Mickey Hart, who joined the Grateful Dead in 1967 as its drummer and formed Dead & Company with Weir and Bill Kreutzmann, shared photos from the band’s early days in a tribute shared to Instagram on Sunday, Jan. 11.
Hundreds of Grateful Dead fans gathered in San Francisco’s Haight-Ashbury district this weekend to celebrate Bob Weir’s life.
Bob Weir, guitarist, singer and founding member of the Grateful Dead, has died at 78. Weir’s death was announced Saturday in a statement on his Instagram page.
Weir was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the Grateful Dead in 1994. He was also awarded Kennedy Center Honors as a member of the Grateful Dead in 2024. Weir’s death leaves drummer Bill Kreutzmann as the only surviving original member the Grateful Dead.
George Kittle had a touching tribute for the late Grateful Dead founder Bob Weir after his death before the Eagles game.