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darkstar

(5,818 posts) Mon Nov 3, 2025, 01:02 PM Nov 2025

Sad news for us Grateful Dead fans: Donna Godchaux has passed away

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/donna-jean-dead-grateful-dead-vocalist-1235458509/

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Sad news for us Grateful Dead fans: Donna Godchaux has passed away (Original Post) darkstar Nov 2025 OP

Damn SuzyandPuffpuff Nov 2025 #1

Oh no. LuckyCharms Nov 2025 #2

She was a talent. Lochloosa Nov 2025 #3

❤️ underpants Nov 2025 #4

💛 😥 💛 quaint Nov 2025 #5

Scarlet Begonias 1974. Samson and Delilah 1978. LuckyCharms Nov 2025 #6

SuzyandPuffpuff

(670 posts)

1. Damn

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Mon Nov 3, 2025, 01:04 PM

Nov 2025

A piece of musical history...many years of pleasure. . Rip ... sing with the angels

LuckyCharms

(23,061 posts)

2. Oh no.

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Mon Nov 3, 2025, 01:10 PM

Nov 2025

Rest in Peace, dear Donna.

Lochloosa

(16,799 posts)

3. She was a talent.

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Mon Nov 3, 2025, 01:14 PM

Nov 2025

She sang backup for artists like Cher, Boz Scaggs and Joe Tex, including two No. 1 hits from the 1960s: Percy Sledge's "When a Man Loves a Woman" and Elvis Presley's "Suspicious Minds."

Read More: Donna Jean Godchaux, Grateful Dead Singer, Dies | https://ultimateclassicrock.com/donna-jean-godchaux-obituary/?utm_source=tsmclip&utm_medium=referral

underpants

(197,167 posts)

4. ❤️

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Mon Nov 3, 2025, 01:18 PM

Nov 2025

quaint

(5,112 posts)

5. 💛 😥 💛

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Mon Nov 3, 2025, 01:32 PM

Nov 2025

LuckyCharms

(23,061 posts)

6. Scarlet Begonias 1974. Samson and Delilah 1978.

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Mon Nov 3, 2025, 01:32 PM

Nov 2025

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