Phil Lesh, founding member and longtime bassist for legendary rock outfit the Grateful Dead, died on Friday (Oct. 25).He was 84 years old. The news was announced on social media, with a statement ...

Phil Lesh, bassist and founding member of The Grateful Dead, died Friday, a producer who worked with him, Peter Shapiro, confirmed to CBS News. Lesh was 84 years old.

Phil Lesh, the classically trained musician who co-founded the Grateful Dead and whose unconventional bass playing steered the band into some of its most experimental directions, died Friday at ...

The Grateful Dead members Ron 'Pigpen' McKernan, Jerry Garcia, Bill Kreutzmann, Phil Lesh and Bob Weir in 1970 in San Francisco The Grateful Dead is paying tribute to “brother” Phil Lesh. The ...

Phil Lesh, a founding member of the Grateful Dead whose electric bass playing came to define the psychedelic San Francisco sound, died Oct. 25 at age 84.. The musician’s death was announced on ...

With the passing of Lesh, who led a band called Phil Lesh & Friends often featuring musicians a half-century younger than him, the Dead’s future is increasingly in the hands of the kinds of ...

Phil Lesh, founding member and longtime bassist for legendary rock outfit the Grateful Dead, died Friday.He was 84. The news was announced on social media, with a statement that read: “Phil Lesh ...

Phil Lesh, a classically trained violinist and jazz trumpeter who found his true calling reinventing the role of rock bass guitar as a founding member of the Grateful Dead, died Friday at age 84.