US musician Bob Weir performs onstage during the Farm Aid Music Festival at the Ruoff Music Center in Noblesville, Indiana on September 24, 2023. Photo / Suzanne Cordeiro, AFPUS musician Bob Weir performs onstage during the Farm Aid Music Festival at the Ruoff Music Center in Noblesville, Indiana on September 24, 2023. Photo / Suzanne Cordeiro, AFPAmerican guitarist and songwriter Bob Weir, a founding member of the revolutionary, psychedelic jam band Grateful Dead, has died aged 78, his family announced on Sunday. Weir was diagnosed with cancer in July and had beaten the disease, but “succumbed to underlying lung issues”, his family said in a statement on his personal website, without specifying where or when he died. “For over 60 years, Bobby took to the road,” the statement said.

Source: New Zealand Herald January 11, 2026 03:38 UTC