Overview
- His death was announced in a family statement on his official Instagram, website and social accounts, which said he passed peacefully surrounded by loved ones.
- Weir joined the band in 1965 at age 17 and became a key singer, guitarist and songwriter on staples such as Sugar Magnolia, One More Saturday Night and Mexicali Blues.
- He remained active late in life with projects including Dead & Company and returned to the stage for the band's 60th‑anniversary concerts in San Francisco last summer.
- He is survived by his wife Natascha Münter and daughters Shala Monet Weir and Chloe Kaelia Weir.
- With his passing, drummer Bill Kreutzmann is the only surviving original member of the band, following Phil Lesh’s death in 2024 and Jerry Garcia’s in 1995.