Grateful Dead singer, guitarist Jerry Garcia dies while undergoing drug rehab 20 years ago this hour (Aug 9 1995)


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(Wednesday, August 9, 1995, 4:23 a.m. PDT)Jerry Garcia, lead singer of the Grateful Dead, died today in his room at Serenity Knolls, a residential drug treatment center in Forest Knolls, California, of a heart attack eight days after turning 53.