Grateful Dead co-founder and guitarist Bob Weir dies aged 78

Weir was diagnosed with cancer in July and had beaten the disease, but "succumbed to underlying lung issues," his family said in a statement on his personal website, without specifying where or when he died. "For over sixty years, Bobby took to the road," the statement said. "Bobby will forever be a guiding force whose unique artistry reshaped American music." "His work did more than fill rooms with music; it was warm sunlight that filled the soul, building a community, a language, and a feeling...