Jerry Garcia, lead guitarist of the legendary rock band The Grateful Dead, died of a heart attack on August 9, 1995, at the age of 53.

Jerry Garcia, lead guitarist of the legendary rock band The Grateful Dead, died of a heart attack on August 9, 1995, at the age of 53.
Ron ‘Pigpen’ McKernan was just 27 when he was found dead on March 8, 1973, of a gastointestinal hemorrhage at his home in Corte Madera, Marin County, California.