New Delhi, Nov. 3 -- Grateful Dead singer Donna Jean Godchaux has died at the age of 78.

Donna Jean Godchaux-MacKay, celebrated for her soulful vocals with the Grateful Dead during the 1970s and her contributions to some of the most iconic recordings of the 1960s, has died at the age of 78.

Her representative, Dennis McNally, confirmed to Rolling Stone that Godchaux passed away on Sunday, 2 November, at a hospice facility in Nashville following a "lengthy struggle with cancer."

"She was a sweet and warmly beautiful spirit, and all those who knew her are united in loss," McNally said in a statement on behalf of the family. "The family requests privacy at this time of grieving. In the words of Dead lyricist Robert Hunter, 'May the four w...