R.I.P. Robert Hunter (The Grateful Dead)

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Poet, lyricist, and musician Robert Hunter has died at the age of 78. He was most famous for writing for The Grateful Dead.

Hunter knew Jerry Garcia in 1961, prior to forming The Grateful Dead (briefly known as The Warlocks) in 1965. Hunter wrote the lyrics for three of the Grateful Dead’s early hits, including “China Cat Sunflower”, “St. Stephen”, and “Alligator”.

For the full death list head over to Musicians who died in 2019.

September (35)

[23 Sep 2019] Robert Hunter (American poet, musician, and lyricist for Grateful Dead), 78

[21 Sep 2019] Christopher Rouse (American composer), 70

[21 Sep 2019] Woo Hye-mi (South Korean singer for The Voice of Korea), 31

[20 Sep 2019] Yonrico Scott (American drummer for The Derek Trucks Band), 63

[19 Sep 2019] Sandie Jones (Irish singer), 68

[19 Sep 2019] Harold Mabern (American jazz pianist and composer), 83

[19 Sep 2019] María Rivas (Venezuelan Latin jazz singer, composer), 59, cancer

[19 Sep 2019] Larry Wallis (English musician for Pink Fairies, Motörhead), 70

[18 Sep 2019] Chuck Dauphin (American country music journalist), 45, complications from diabetes

[18 Sep 2019] Tony Mills (English rock singer for Shy, TNT), 57, pancreatic cancer

[17 Sep 2019] Alexandr Vasilyev (Russian drummer for Center, Joanna Stingray)

[17 Sep 2019] Daniël Wayenberg (Dutch composer and pianist), 89

[16 Sep 2019] Péter Gallai (Hungarian musician and composer), 65

[16 Sep 2019] Mick Schauer (American rock keyboardist for Clutch)

[16 Sep 2019] Vic Vogel (Canadian jazz pianist, composer and conductor), 84

[15 Sep 2019] Ric Ocasek (American musician for The Cars), 75, cardiovascular disease

[15 Sep 2019] Roberto Leal (Portuguese-Brazilian singer), 67, skin cancer

[13 Sep 2019] Eddie Money (American musician), 70, complications from heart surgery

[12 Sep 2019] Ida Laila (Indonesian singer), 75

[11 Sep 2019] Daniel Johnston (American singer-songwriter), 58, heart attack

[10 Sep 2019] Jeff Fenholt (American musician for Bible Black), 68

[10 Sep 2019] Hossam Ramzy (Egyptian percussionist and composer), 65

[09 Sep 2019] Gru ( Serbian rapper), 46, paragliding accident

[09 Sep 2019] Lavrentis Machairitsas (Greek rock musician), 62, heart attack

[08 Sep 2019] Camilo Sesto (Spanish singer-songwriter), 72

[07 Sep 2019] Roger Boutry (French composer and conductor, music director), 87

[07 Sep 2019] Jimmy Johnson (American musician and record producer), 76

[05 Sep 2019] Parvez Rob (Bangladeshi music director and composer), 56, traffic collision

[04 Sep 2019] Kylie Rae Harris (American country singer), 30, traffic collision

[04 Sep 2019] Dan Warner (American musician for Julio Iglesias), heart attack

[03 Sep 2019] LaShawn Daniels (American songwriter), 41, traffic collision

[02 Sep 2019] Laurent Sinclair (French keyboardist and composer for Taxi Girl), 58

[02 Sep 2019] Les Adams (English DJ and producer), 63, heart attack

[02 Sep 2019] Rémi Bouchard (Canadian composer), 83

[01 Sep 2019] Gagik Hovunts (Armenian composer), 89

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