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 ...

Donna Godchaux of the Grateful Dead at the Uptown Theater in Chicago, 1978 - Paul Natkin/Getty Images Donna Jean Godchaux, who has died aged 78, was a singer with the Grateful Dead during the 1970s; ...

I’ve done many Grateful Dead tributes over the years, and every time I go back to the recordings, Donna Jean is there — prominently and powerfully. In my mind, the most potent Dead performances are ...

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 ...

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 ...

Singer Donna Jean Godchaux-MacKay, who helped shape the sound of the Grateful Dead during the 1970s and sang backup on No. 1 hits by Elvis Presley and Percy Sledge, died Sunday. She was 78. The singer ...

In the early 1970s, she and pianist/then-husband Keith Godchaux joined the Grateful Dead and remained with them for several tours and albums, including “Terrapin Station,” “Shakedown Street” and “From ...