Founding Grateful Dead band member Bob Weir dies aged 78

FILE – Bob Weir of Dead & Company performs at Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival on Sunday, June 12, 2016, in Manchester, Tennessee (Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP,File)

Founding Grateful Dead band member Bob Weir has died aged 78, it has been announced.

According to a statement on the guitarist and singer’s Instagram page, Weir “succumbed to underlying lung issues”.