Former Grateful Dead Keyboardist Merl Saunders Dies

Keyboardist Merl Saunders, a longtime collaborator with the Grateful Dead and Jerry Garcia Band, died this morning at Kaiser Hospital in San Francisco after complications from a stroke. Saunders was 74. Saunders suffered a stroke six years ago and lost the use of one of his hands and his ability to speak, but remained active in [...]

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