Former Grateful Dead vocalist Donna Jean Godchaux-MacKay has died. She was 78. "It is with heavy hearts that we mourn the loss of Donna Jean Godchaux," reads a post on the Dead's Instagram. "Her ...

She toured with the Grateful Dead through the 1970s alongside her first husband.

She was Elvis’ backup singer on Suspicious Minds and a cherished member of the rock band the Grateful Dead. Now, singer Donna Jean Godchaux-MacKay has passed away at a Nashville hospital. She was 78.

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 powerhouse vocalist who sang with California psychedelic rock band Grateful Dead -- has died at 78. The singer died Sunday at Nashville’s Alive Hospital following a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Grateful Dead celebrated Donna Jean Godchaux’s “unmistakable voice and radiant spirit” in a tribute posted following the ...

NEW YORK -- 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 ...

Donna Jean Godchaux, who sang with The Grateful Dead through most of the 1970s, died after “a lengthy struggle with cancer,” according to her family. She was 78. “It is with heavy hearts that we mourn ...