Bob Weir’s Health: What We Know About His Cancer Battle & Lung Issues

Weir was 78 when he died in January 2026. Here is what we know about his past cancer battle and underlying lung issues.

Bob Weir looks back

For our 40th anniversary issue, Weir talks about the house at 710 Ashbury, protesting the Vietnam War, and Rolling Stone's ...

Celebrating Bob Weir: 10 of His Most Essential Musical Moments

A look at 10 essential musical moments from the late Bob Weir, with the Grateful Dead or in his solo or extracurricular ...

Grateful Dead Co-Founder Bob Weir Dies at 78

Phil Lesh described Weir’s rhythm guitar style as “quirky, whimsical, and goofy.” He became the Grateful Dead’s second ...

Bob Weir: 11 Essential Songs

Truckin,' 'Sugar Magnolia,' 'Playing in the Band,' 'Me and My Uncle,' 'Black-Throated Wind,' 'Estimated Prophet,' and more ...

Bob Weir, guitarist and founding member of the Grateful Dead, has died at 78

For three decades with the Grateful Dead and three more after the group ended following the 1995 death of his bandmate Jerry ...

Bob Weir, a Virtuoso of Hot Pants

In the late 1970s, Bob Weir, a guitarist and founding member of the Grateful Dead, whose death at 78 was announced on ...

Sammy Hagar on his unlikely friendship with Bob Weir: 'Always the elder, the wise old soul'

The former Van Halen singer and the Dead co-founder shared the stage numerous times, including at Nashville's Ryman in 2022 ...