Donna Jean Godchaux-MacKay, Grateful Dead singer, dies aged 78

<p>The musician, who also provided backing vocals on Suspicious Minds and When a Man Loves a Woman, died of cancer in Nashville on Sunday</p><p>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 Grateful Dead for much of the 1970s, has died aged 78.</p><p>A spokesperson for Godchaux-MacKay confirmed that she died of cancer on Sunday at Alive hospice in Nashville.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/nov/04/donna-jean-godchaux-mackay-grateful-dead-singer-dies-aged-78">Continue reading...</a>