Bobby Weir, a founding member of the Grateful Dead and one of the defining figures of psychedelic rock and the jam-band movement, died Jan. 10, his family announced. He was 78. News of ...

The Grateful Dead tribute band Half Step was about to go onstage Saturday night at the Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum and Planetarium in Centerport when they heard about the death of Bob Weir, the ...

Bob Weir, who co-founded eclectic jam band the Grateful Dead, died Saturday, Jan. 10, following a battle with lung cancer. He was 78 years old. As co-lead singer, writer, and guitarist beside Jerry ...

SAN FRANCISCO – The Warriors will hold a moment of silence to honor the late Bob Weir before they play the Hawks on Sunday evening. Weir, a Bay Area native, was a founding member of the legendary rock ...

The word “short” wasn’t in Bob Weir’s vocabulary. A founding member and co-leader of the Grateful Dead, and the band’s rhythm guitarist who sang lead on many of its songs, Mr. Weir died on Saturday at ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Bob Weir, the guitarist and singer who as an essential member of the Grateful Dead helped found the sound of the San Francisco counterculture of the 1960s and kept it alive through ...

Bob Weir, the guitarist and singer who, as an essential member of the Grateful Dead, helped found the sound of the San Francisco counterculture of the 1960s and kept it alive through decades of ...

The San Francisco Grateful Dead community is coming together after it was announced that one of the founding members, Bob Weir, has died at the age of 78. One gathering place was the Grateful Dead ...

Bob Weir, co-founder of the legendary rock band the Grateful Dead, died at age 78 on January 10, 2026, his family announced. Weir’s passing was confirmed in a statement on his official website, which ...

The Grateful Dead has lost one of its founding members. Bob Weir, who established the psychedelic rock band in 1965 alongside Jerry Garcia, Phil Lesh and Ron McKernan, has died, his family announced ...

Jersey Deadheads and music makers are mourning the passing of Grateful Dead co-founder Bob Weir. “I’m deeply saddened, crushed really by the passing of Bobby Weir,” said Bergenfield native Al Di Meola ...

Bob Weir, one of the founding members of the legendary rock band Grateful Dead, has died from "underlying lung issues" at 78. Weir, who, after "courageously beating cancer," died "peacefully" on Jan.