In October 2024, fellow Grateful Dead cofounder and bassist Phil Lesh died at 84. Drummer Bill Kreutzmann, 79, is the only founding member of the band still alive, following the deaths of Weir, Lesh, Jerry Garcia (who died in 1995 at age 53) and Ron "Pigpen" McKernan (who died in 1973 at 27).

Bob Weir, a founding member of the Grateful Dead, has died aged 78. Weir was a guitarist and singer in the legendary jam band which became an icon of America’s countercultural movement in the 1960s.

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

Bob Weir, the guitarist and founding member of the Grateful Dead, has died, according to a statement from his family. He was 78. Weir was diagnosed with cancer in July and began treatment just