Donna Jean Godchaux-MacKay, a former vocalist with the Grateful Dead , has died. She was 78.

Godchaux-MacKay died Sunday, Nov. 2, at Alive Hospice in Nashville “after a lengthy struggle with cancer,” according to a statement from her family obtained by The Hollywood Reporter.

“She was a sweet and warmly beautiful spirit, and all those who knew her are united in loss. The family requests privacy at this time of grieving. In the words of Dead lyricist Robert Hunter, ‘May the four winds blow her safely home,'” the family added.

Donna Jean Godchaux-MacKay, a former vocalist with the Grateful Dead , has died. She was 78.

Godchaux-MacKay died Sunday, Nov. 2, at Alive Hospice in Nashville “after a lengthy struggle with cancer,” according to a statement from her family obtained by The Ho

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