Donna Jean Godchaux-MacKay, a featured vocalist with the Grateful Dead and a backup singer on Elvis Presley hits, has died at ...

Donna Jean Godchaux, whose gospel-infused harmonies helped shape the Grateful Dead's sound and whose voice graced hits by ...

The singer who died on Sunday (Nov. 2) after a long battle with cancer lent her powerful voice to the legendary band from ...

Donna Jean Godchaux-MacKay helped shape the sound of the Grateful Dead and sang backup on No. 1 hits by Elvis Presley ...

Donna Jean Godchaux, the singer best known for her work with the Grateful Dead during the 1970s, has died aged 78.

The Grateful Dead's lead singer, Donna Jean Godchaux, passed away on November 02 in Nashville. The singer was 78 years old.

For many fans of the Grateful Dead, the group was more than just a band. It was the catalyst for a broader community and a subculture of its own, based on freedom, love and a focus on the present ...

The vocalist spent the Seventies with the legendary group, and also sang backup on hits by Elvis Presley and Percy Sledge ...

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 the Grateful Dead for much of the ...

Nashville, November 3 2025 — Donna Jean Godchaux-MacKay, best known for her time as vocalist with the Grateful Dead during ...

Donna Jean Godchaux, member of the legendary rock band Grateful Dead in the 1970s, has passed away at the age of 78.As a ...