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28. RIP BOBBY

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Grateful Dead's Bob Weir Dead at 78 [View all] highplainsdem Saturday OP

FUCK!!!!! gay texan Saturday #1

Damn Codifer Saturday #2

We all do. highplainsdem Saturday #8

Rest in the power of music SheltieLover Saturday #3

I feared this day coming. ificandream Saturday #4

Statement of Chloe Weir on Bob Weir's passing. ificandream Saturday #5

Untold thousands of hours of joy. Thank you, Bobby. mahina Saturday #6

Wow! ybbor Saturday #7

..... chowder66 Saturday #9

One More Saturday Night. Thanx Bobby. You made living better for me. Botany Saturday #10

Like I need this news today. OAITW r.2.0 Saturday #11

Picture him young and healthy again, because I believe he is, on the other side. Reunited with highplainsdem Saturday #13

If there is a heaven..... OAITW r.2.0 Saturday #15

This is from an interview Bob did for GQ in 2019: highplainsdem Saturday #16

Makes perfect sense to me SheltieLover Saturday #20

Me, too. highplainsdem Saturday #24

... SheltieLover Saturday #25

Thanks for posting! Oddly, soothing. OAITW r.2.0 Saturday #23

...or maybe it takes concerted focus. SheltieLover Saturday #26

You're welcome! I'm glad it gave you some comfort. And I have no doubt that you did really hear highplainsdem Saturday #29

Bob Weir. While many saw Garcia as the force OAITW r.2.0 Saturday #34

I agree. Plus I thought Bob was cute. Very watchable. More seriously - see what he says in another 2019 highplainsdem Saturday #40

From personal experience, I think most female Deadheads were Bob Weir fans, OAITW r.2.0 Saturday #41

I worked in a bike shop in the early 80s Du916 Yesterday #55

That's very cool, that you met him that way! highplainsdem Yesterday #64

I wonder how Bob liked the video documentation of his life? OAITW r.2.0 Saturday #35

Not sure how he felt about the video documentation, or what aspect of it you meant...but when you wrote that, I was highplainsdem Saturday #42

He wasn't Jerry when it came to holistic attitudes about life. OAITW r.2.0 Saturday #45

He wished Jerry had taken better care of himself. From a Rolling Stone interview last March: highplainsdem Yesterday #49

I get it We all now know that the Grateful Dead were not Dead and Company. OAITW r.2.0 Yesterday #50

"He burned brightly while he was alive." OAITW r.2.0 Yesterday #51

Bob Wier had a similar vision when Neal Cassady died in Mexico Brother Buzz Yesterday #52

Tragic that they didn't listen to her. highplainsdem Yesterday #65

Thank you for all the joy, Bob. ancianita Saturday #12

Your first video features Donna Jean Thatcher Godchaux-MacKay who passed away two months ago Brother Buzz Saturday #14

That is a weird coincidence. Have you talked to your cousins since the memorial service? highplainsdem Saturday #44

No, but my son is holding down their fort in Portland. Brother Buzz Saturday #48

And both succumbed to lung cancer... Pluvious Yesterday #59

Singing backup on Percy Sledge's breakout hit, When a Man Loves a Woman.... Brother Buzz Yesterday #63

There is a big hole in my heart tonight. RIP Bobby. flashman13 Saturday #17

RIP Bobby Half-step Saturday #18

Experienced the GD in 1977. Bob... Clouds Passing Saturday #19

Bob spit on me underpants Saturday #21

You were part of the East Coast, NY crew. OAITW r.2.0 Saturday #36

Hampton, RFK, Philly, then Charlotte/Raleigh on the return & Roanoke every couple years underpants Saturday #37

I had forgotten that about Bobby lmao Pluvious Yesterday #66

Thanks for the memories Bobby! EarthFirst Saturday #22

This is a huge loss. IcyPeas Saturday #27

RIP BOBBY Sailingdiver Saturday #28

Empire state bldg Rver Saturday #30

Beautiful. Wonder how NY will honor Trump's passing? OAITW r.2.0 Saturday #38

I would think nothing whatsoever... Rver Saturday #43

Orange fireworks halobeam Yesterday #53

Grateful Dead 1968 Newport Pop Footage............my first experience ................ turbinetree Saturday #31

The Eleventh. OAITW r.2.0 Saturday #39

damn.... Talitha Saturday #32

RIP Bob... CaptainTruth Saturday #33

RIP, Bobby. yardwork Saturday #46

He was in great shape. ForgoTheConsequence Saturday #47

I know what Im going to say is going to be unpopular SamuelTheThird Yesterday #54

If you don't have anything good to say Du916 Yesterday #60

So we should just ignore he was with many underaged girls? SamuelTheThird Yesterday #61

This message was self-deleted by its author Du916 Yesterday #62

Saw the Dead multiple times at the Fillmore in NYC flamingdem Yesterday #56

Bob Weir was one of my all time favorites RIP airplaneman Yesterday #57

Fare thee well, Bobby. EuterpeThelo Yesterday #58

He passed out 2 acid tabs to me and my companion, Haight Asbury 1968. I didn't take it bc I'd never done it and was afra scipan 19 hrs ago #67