{"id":240689,"date":"2026-01-12T07:26:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T07:26:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/240689\/"},"modified":"2026-01-12T07:26:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T07:26:08","slug":"founding-member-of-the-grateful-dead-bob-weir-has-died-aged-78-the-journal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/240689\/","title":{"rendered":"Founding member of the Grateful Dead Bob Weir has died aged 78 &#8211; The Journal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiekFVX3lxTE9jdmFrMnE3MVY1MFJBaEpoaTdNeVlCTzcxNm9yX0NJYV9tdWNWclczMWNfdUktQjFIZFctYWVUaXFRWWdJa2lJMVgwVnVDZ053dFBwOTdXUjZ5QVQtUE5ZLWZYcVVrXzBZWmVkcDRwWkFNN1A1VUN4cXRB?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Founding member of the Grateful Dead Bob Weir has died aged 78<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Journal<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMinwFBVV95cUxPcC11MlVvS1RLcllTZkpQU1hkQ09vNDFLWFZMdEJNVTVTTUZ5WmFHN0ctYUlvLXI4c0tnRXNUTERQbDZwVVpNeTVHQXM3V01CaXJoTGY4NloyVi0yaFJKM29KNmN5a3dhbEhYajQ1TlhaRF9PUHdrUHI1QkxFR3V3Nk5UcFlackxJUmc3S3VwS202alpvdE1DTVE4ZWNhM0E?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Grateful Dead co-founder Bob Weir dies aged 78<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;RTE.ie<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi3gFBVV95cUxQN0taVXRVUS1kWEpRaWRjWml0anROb3lBdy1DVDFUYjFDZE9fZ245RDNwcDk4YkM3OHZndEVzLVY0cjZmeGo2WHpQOFhOcFpHdGdaeE1maHFaN1dyM0NYZ19lSnBnZzdWX3JpN3BaaWp2aU91Ukh5dzdKcDVDclYySWt3Uk9oZHpaLXpFeDI0RGRDeXdWQjlBZlliaEJiZlZZdk5NZW1LRXFTWGlxcGVmWjNUT1RDbGFFRDU3MFc5cHdZOXV2aGJLNXFLNG1NMUV5VDljRU9PZ285aThLZXc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Bob Weir was a songwriting powerhouse for the Grateful Dead \u2013 and the chief custodian of their legacy<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMikgFBVV95cUxQd2xpaGRBdGJoRXdXdjZ3WE9UeWtVd0pxMWZJeGUzdVB4d2F3aHRZNU45UFNnTkpUVGdEY19JOWszSmd6NzlXaG5VRUwwOTAzTkVlLWNCaVRIX2ctdVBaRENmOWRwTXRoSTR4aVF0UDNHZEdKdHBLTzJWOUwtN1Fma2xpcUl2NUFqdUgtWjcxN2NJUQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Grateful Dead singer and guitarist Bob Weir has died<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Sky News<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMickFVX3lxTE5MS1NaeXZ6WXlQY1pEa3VMYzM2SGpTRkRUN0plbnV0dzg5Mkc3TjVfZVA5WTN2R1VIdFlWMDY4MHRxVFktQzhlUm5SSmt0NldpN3NXWHVtWUZ4Uk1SZm1FQXd5bEJwZEZwN0tQUTdpeWRVZw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Bob Weir, a Virtuoso of Hot Pants<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The New York Times<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Founding member of the Grateful Dead Bob Weir has died aged 78&nbsp;&nbsp;The JournalGrateful Dead co-founder Bob Weir dies&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":240690,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[121925,93,18126,61,60,4356],"class_list":{"0":"post-240689","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-bob-weir","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-grateful-dead","11":"tag-ie","12":"tag-ireland","13":"tag-rip"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240689","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=240689"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240689\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/240690"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=240689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=240689"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=240689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}