Bob Weir played final Dead & Company show in 2025 at Golden Gate Park

Editor's note: Bob Weir, the influential founding member of rock collective The Grateful Dead, has died at 78. USA TODAY's Marco della Cava was on hand as Weir played his final show with Dead & Co. in 2025. Upon news of his death, we are resurfacing the story of his last performance.

Bob Weir, guitarist and founding member of the Grateful Dead, has died at 78

For three decades with the Grateful Dead and three more after the group ended following the 1995 death of his bandmate Jerry Garcia, Weir helped build and sustain the band's legacy across generations.

Bob Weir, founding member of the Grateful Dead, dies at 78

Bob Weir wrote or co-wrote and sang lead vocals on Grateful Dead classics including "Sugar Magnolia," "One More Saturday Night" and "Mexicali Blues."

Grateful Dead founding member Bob Weir dies at 78

Bob Weir, the guitarist and singer who as an essential member of the Grateful Dead helped found the sound of the San Francisco counterculture of the 1960s is dead at 78.

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