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Founding Grateful Dead member dies at 78

By Isabella Gomez Sarmiento

Published January 11, 2026 at 5:00 PM EST

Bob Weir, who helped build the Grateful Dead from the Haight-Ashbury scene into a cultural institution, has died at 78.

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