Overview
- Diagnosed with cancer in July 2025, he recovered before later dying from underlying lung issues, according to his family.
- His final public performances were a sold-out three-night Dead & Company run in August 2025 celebrating the Grateful Dead’s 60th anniversary at Golden Gate Park.
- Tributes rolled out nationwide, including the Empire State Building’s tie-dye lighting and fan gatherings in San Francisco’s Haight-Ashbury.
- A Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee and 2024 Kennedy Center Honoree, he shaped the Dead’s improvisational sound and live-music culture over six decades.
- Drummer Bill Kreutzmann is now the last surviving founding member, and Weir is survived by his wife, Natascha, and daughters Monet and Chloe.