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Grateful Dead legend Bob Weir dies

San Francisco community saddened by passing of Grateful Dead's founding member Bob Weir

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 .

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Tributes Pour in For The Grateful Dead’s Bob Weir: “He Was Impossibly Beautiful and Wildly Fiery”

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Grateful Dead legend Bob Weir dies at age 78 surrounded by family after cancer battle

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Grateful Dead guitarist Bob Weir dead at 78

Grateful Dead guitarist Bob Weir has died at the age of 78.

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Legendary Grateful Dead Musician Dies at 78

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Grateful Dead co-founder and guitarist Bob Weir dies aged 78

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Bob Weir, Grateful Dead guitarist and founding member, dies at 78

Weir was diagnosed with cancer in July and began treatment just weeks before performing at several shows at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco.

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Bob Weir, Grateful Dead co-founder and rhythm guitarist, dead at 78

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Grateful Dead’s Bob Weir Dies at 78

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Bob Weir’s Health: What We Know About His Cancer Battle & Lung Issues

Weir was 78 when he died in January 2026. Here is what we know about his past cancer battle and underlying lung issues.

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Sammy Hagar on His Unlikely Friendship With Bob Weir: ‘Always the Elder, the Wise Old Soul’

Sammy Hagar paid tribute to Bob Weir, his longtime friend who died at 78: 'We made a deal we were going to live to be 100.'

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Celebrating Bob Weir: 10 of His Most Essential Musical Moments

A look at 10 essential musical moments from the late Bob Weir, with the Grateful Dead or in his solo or extracurricular outings.

Bob Dylan, Trey Anastasio, Bruce Hornsby, and More Remember Bob Weir

Nancy Wilson, Don Was, Andy Cohen, Les Claypool, Lee Ranaldo, Billy Corgan, Slash, and many others paid tribute to the founding Grateful Dead member

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Bob Weir, a Virtuoso of Hot Pants

In the late 1970s, Bob Weir, a guitarist and founding member of the Grateful Dead, whose death at 78 was announced on Saturday, first appeared in chopped-to-the-heavens jean shorts. They left an indelible impression. Into middle age, Mr. Weir was still answering for this abbreviated stagewear.

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Billy Strings pays tribute to Bob Weir: 'Heaven's choir just gained a beautiful new voice'

"I've never knew a person so in tune with the cosmos. Who was so mystical and smart and mysterious, alluring and radiant," Strings writes of his friend and Grateful Dead guitarist following news of hi