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 ...

Vocalist Donna Jean Godchaux-MacKay, who performed with the Grateful Dead in the 1970s, has died. Godchaux died Sunday, Nov. 2, at a hospice facility in Nashville after a "lengthy struggle with cancer ...

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.

The singer died of cancer on Nov. 2 in Nashville Donna Jean Godchaux-MacKay died on Nov. 2 at age 78 She sang with the Grateful Dead from 1971 to 1979, when she left the group alongside her keyboard ...

Donna Jean Godchaux died on Nov. 2, 2025, at the age of 78. She died at a hospice facility in Nashville, Tennessee, after a long battle with cancer. Her family’s statement described her as “a sweet ...

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 ...

Donna Jean Godchaux-MacKay, the only female vocalist for The Grateful Dead, has died at age 78. She died after a long battle with cancer. Beyond The Grateful Dead, she performed on No. 1 hits for ...