Grateful Dead Co-Founder Bob Weir Dies at 78

Key Highlights

• Unfortunately, he succumbed to underlying lung issues.” He was 78.
• Bob Weir was born in San Francisco in 1947.
• Adopted at birth, Weir was raised in the Bay Area, where (according to Rolling Stone) he was kicked out of both preschool and the Cub Scouts.
• Weir took up the guitar at age 13.
• He met Jerry Garcia on New Year’s Eve 1965, when he heard banjo coming from Dana Morgan’s Music Store.