Bob Weir died at 78

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He was a founding member of the Grateful Dead.
The Dead broke up after Jerry died. He made many other bands, often with former Dead members.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Weir

I've been to several of his shows.
 
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"The Dead performed “Sugar Magnolia” more than 600 times, and with good reason. Co-written with longtime Dead lyricist Robert Hunter, it’s a sunny tribute that Weir penned for his girlfriend Frankie, whom he lived with in the early Seventies. (“Takes the wheel when I’m seeing double/Pays my ticket when I speed” — man, this woman was a saint.) "
 
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Mean song, and Weir sang it well.
 
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Weir is 17 here with the Warlocks, the name change shortly after to the Grateful Dead. Notable Warlocks song: "Can't Come Down".


and one last one and I'm done. Weir is lead singer at the far right side in the video. (Sounds like Dick Nixon is the narrator.)
 
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