Phil Lesh, bassist for the Grateful Dead, died this morning (October 25), according to a statement on his official social media accounts. A cause of death was not shared, just that he “passed ...

In the summer of 1968, three years into the Grateful Dead’s existence, the band fired singer and rhythm guitarist Bob Weir. Jerry Garcia, the band’s other guitarist and its reluctant leader, and ...

Bob Weir and fellow bandmate, Ron ’Pigpen’ McKernan, were briefly kicked out of the Grateful Dead in 1968 by Jerry Garcia and Phil Lesh for reportedly not evolving with the band.

Phil Lesh, bassist and founding member of iconic Bay Area band The Grateful Dead, has died at 84 years old. RadarOnline.com can reveal the singer was "surrounded by his family and full of love" as he ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Phil Lesh, a classically trained violinist and jazz trumpeter who found his true calling reinventing the role of rock bass guitar as a founding member of the Grateful Dead, died ...

Known for helping form the Grateful Dead, Phil Lesh spent three decades touring with the band before the members decided to part ways. Even after the band ended, Lesh continued to honor their legacy ...

Awful news: Grateful Dead co-founder Phil Lesh has died at age 84. A post on his Instagram reads: “Phil Lesh, bassist and founding member of The Grateful Dead, passed peacefully this morning. He was ...

The rocker died on Friday, Oct. 25 "surrounded by his family and full of love" Rachel DeSantis is a senior writer on the music team at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2019, and her work ...

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