Phil Lesh, original bassist for the Grateful Dead, “passed peacefully” at age 84 Friday morning, according to an official statement. “He was surrounded by his family and full of love,” the ...

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. A post on his Instagram ...

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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 th ...

Looking back at the career of the Grateful Dead bassist, starting with when the band was clean cut and called the Warlocks. Looking back at the career of the Grateful Dead bassist, starting with ...

It was the moment, at a Grateful Dead show or on a live recording, when Phil Lesh and his bass would make themselves known. Most bass players in traditional rock & roll bands provide a solid low ...

Even among the mongrels and misfits who made up the Grateful Dead, Phil Lesh managed to be an oddity. He was older than the others and had swum in different cultural pools. Schooled in classical ...

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Phil Lesh, the bass player who co-founded the legendary rock band Grateful Dead, died on Friday. He was 84. Lesh’s death was announced in a statement posted on his official Instagram account.

Phil Lesh, the bassist for the Grateful Dead who propelled many of its wildest musical explorations yet also composed and sang one of its loveliest songs, “Box of Rain,” has died. He was 84.

By Jim Farber Phil Lesh, whose expansive approach to the bass as a charter member of the Grateful Dead made him one of the first performers on that instrument in a rock band to play a lead role ...