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 ...
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 ...
The singer died of cancer on Nov. 2 in Nashville Donna Jean Godchaux-MacKay died on Nov. 2 at age 78 She sang with the Grateful Dead from 1971 to 1979, when she left the group alongside her keyboard ...
NEW YORK (AP) — 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 ...