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| Donna Jean Godchaux-MacKay, a soulful mezzo-soprano who provided backing vocals on such 1960s classics as 窶彜uspicious Minds窶� and 窶弩hen a Man Loves a Woman窶� and was a featured singer with the Grateful Dead for much of the 1970s, has died at 78.
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A spokesperson for Godchaux-MacKay confirmed that she died Sunday at Alive Hospice in Nashville after having cancer. Godchaux-McKay and other Grateful Dead members were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994.
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Born Donna Jean Thatcher in Florence, Alabama, she had yet to turn 20 when she became a session performer in nearby Muscle Shoals, where many soul and rhythm and blues hits were recorded, and also was on hand for numerous sessions at the Memphis-based American Sound Studio. Her credits included Elvis Presley窶冱 窶彜uspicious Minds,窶� Percy Sledge窶冱 窶弩hen a Man Loves a Woman窶� and songs with Neil Diamond, Boz Scaggs and Cher.
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In the early 1970s, she and pianist/then-husband Keith Godchaux joined the Grateful Dead and remained with them for several tours and albums, including 窶弋errapin Station,窶� 窶彜hakedown Street窶� and 窶廡rom the Mars Hotel.窶� Godchaux appeared on numerous songs, whether joining with Jerry Garcia on 窶彜carlet Begonias窶� or writing and taking the lead on 窶廡rom the Heart of Me.窶�
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