Lifelong Grateful Died Fan Died From Medical Emergency While Dancing at Sunday Night’s Dead & Company Show

The article was originally published on https://sfist.com/2025/08/08/lifelong-grateful-died-fan-died-from-medial-emergency-while-dancing-at-sunday-nights-dead-company-show/A 54-year-old Michigan man who was visiting San Francisco to see Dead & Company last weekend experienced a sudden medical emergency during the show, and passed away shortly thereafter. Last weekend’s Dead & Company shows in Golden Gate Park seemingly went off without a hitch. But we are know learning of a very sad footnote to he three-night set of shows, as the Chronicle reports that 54-year-old Michigan resident Fred Cothard, who was visiting for the shows and dancing in the audience, died of an “unspecified medical emergency” during that band’s first set.Image: Jody Leddy via Facebook Above we see a screenshot of a soc