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Variety reports:

Bassist Phil Lesh, whose dense, inventive playing powered the Grateful Dead and, following the 1995 death of guitarist Jerry Garcia, many of the San Francisco band’s touring reincarnations, died Friday. He was 84.

The news was posted on his official Instagram page with the message “Phil Lesh, bassist and founding member of The Grateful Dead, passed peacefully this morning. He was surrounded by his family and full of love. Phil brought immense joy to everyone around him and leaves behind a legacy of music and love.”

As a writer, he co-authored a number of compositions – “St. Stephen,” “The Eleven” and the epic “Dark Star” – which became long-form, jam-oriented fixtures of the Dead’s concert repertoire that were much beloved by legions of bootlegging fans.

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