{"id":15208,"date":"2026-04-01T21:50:46","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T21:50:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fnews55.com\/?p=15208"},"modified":"2026-04-01T21:50:46","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T21:50:46","slug":"grateful-dead-co-founder-bob-weir-dead-at-78-celebrating-a-life-in-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fnews55.com\/?p=15208","title":{"rendered":"Grateful Dead Co-Founder Bob Weir Dead at 78 \u2014 Celebrating a Life in Music"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bob Weir, who passed at 78, was more than a musician\u2014he was a cornerstone of American music. As a founding member of the Grateful Dead, his guitar and presence shaped generations, blending improvisation, connection, and freedom. Fans mourned a cultural touchstone whose legacy lives in the music, community, and inspiration he shared throughout his life.<br><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bob Weir, who passed at 78, was more than a musician\u2014he was a cornerstone of American music. As a founding member of the Grateful Dead, his guitar and presence shaped generations, blending improvisation, connection, and freedom. Fans mourned a cultural touchstone whose legacy lives in the music, community, and inspiration he shared throughout his life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":15209,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15208","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fnews55.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15208","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fnews55.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fnews55.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fnews55.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fnews55.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15208"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fnews55.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15208\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fnews55.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fnews55.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fnews55.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}