Donna Jean Godchaux-MacKay, a vocalist for the Grateful Dead during the 1970s and backup singer for Elvis Presley and Percy Sledge, has died at the age of 78.
Godchaux-MacKay passed away on Sunday after a lengthy struggle with cancer, according to a statement. She died at Alive Hospice in Nashville. “She was a sweet and warmly beautiful spirit, and all those who knew her are united in loss,” the statement reads. “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.’”
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