Donna Jean Godchaux, who has died aged 78, was a singer with the Grateful Dead during the 1970s; she mostly sang backing ...

(NEXSTAR) — Donna Jean Godchaux-MacKay, who sang with the Grateful Dead in the 1970s, has died, according to multiple reports. She was 78. Godchaux died Sunday at a Nashville hospice facility, her ...

Singer Donna Jean Godchaux-MacKay, who helped shape the sound of the Grateful Dead during the 1970s and sang backup on No. 1 hits by Elvis Presley and Percy Sledge, died Sunday. She was 78. The singer ...

The musician, who also provided backing vocals on Suspicious Minds and When a Man Loves a Woman, died of cancer in Nashville on Sunday ...

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 ...

Donna Jean Godchaux-MacKay, a former vocalist for the Grateful Dead and a session singer whose voice graced some of the most iconic hits of the 1960s and ’70s, has died at 78. Her representative ...