Former Grateful Dead vocalist Donna Jean Godchaux-MacKay has died. She was 78. "It is with heavy hearts that we mourn the loss of Donna Jean Godchaux," reads a post on the Dead's Instagram. "Her ...

She was Elvis’ backup singer on Suspicious Minds and a cherished member of the rock band the Grateful Dead. Now, singer Donna Jean Godchaux-MacKay has passed away at a Nashville hospital. She was 78.

She sang with the Grateful Dead from 1971 to 1979, when she left the group alongside her keyboard player husband Keith Godchaux She also performed on a number of hit singles for stars like Elvis ...

The Grateful Dead's musical legacy continues with the certification of a Guinness World Record for number of Top 40 albums on ...

Donna Jean Godchaux-MacKay, the only woman to have graced The Grateful Dead's lineup, has died at 78. The singer died at a hospice on Sunday, Nov. 2, in Nashville after a "lengthy struggle with cancer ...

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, who sang with the Grateful Dead from 1972 to 1979, has died. Godchaux died on Nov. 2 at a Nashville hospice. According to a statement, Godchaux had a “lengthy struggle with cancer ...

Donna Jean Godchaux, who sang with The Grateful Dead through most of the 1970s, died after “a lengthy struggle with cancer,” according to her family. She was 78. “It is with heavy hearts that we mourn ...

NEW YORK -- Donna Jean Godchaux-MacKay, a soulful mezzo-soprano who provided backing vocals on such 1960s classics as "Suspicious Minds" and "When a Man Loves a Woman" and was a featured singer with ...

The Alabama-born artist also sang on hits including Elvis Presley’s ‘Suspicious Minds’ and Percy Sledge’s ‘When A Man Loves a Woman’ ...