Phil Lesh, bassist and founding member of The Grateful Dead, died surrounded by his family, a post on his Instagram said.

Bassist Phil Lesh, whose dense, inventive playing powered the Grateful Dead and, following the 1995 death of guitarist Jerry ...

Playing in the Grateful Dead 'turned out to be life,' said Phil Lesh, founding bassist for the band who died Oct. 25 at the ...

Phil Lesh, bassist and co-founder of the US rock group The Grateful Dead, has died aged 84. The musician's official Instagram ...

Phil Lesh, bassist and founding member of the Grateful Dead, died Friday morning “surrounded by his family and full of love.” ...

One of America's most enduring musical groups, The Grateful Dead was formed as a quintet in California in 1965, according to their official website. Jerry Garcia, Ron "Pigpen" McKernan ...

One of the first rock bassists whose instrument regularly took a lead role, he also had a hand in writing some of the band’s best-known songs.

Soon after he took up the bass, The Warlocks renamed themselves the Grateful Dead and Lesh began captivating audiences with ...

Phil Lesh, a founding member of the Grateful ... official Instagram page. No cause was noted. Mr. Lesh, alongside bandmates Bob Weir and Jerry Garcia, were the front three of the Grateful Dead ...

He was 84. The news was posted on his official Instagram page with the message “Phil Lesh, bassist and founding member of The Grateful Dead, passed peacefully this morning. He was surrounded by ...

Phil Lesh, one of the founding members of the rock band Grateful Dead, has died ... the Lesh family’s privacy at this time.” An official cause of death has not been revealed at this time ...