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Ronald Charles McKernan (September 8, 1945 – March 8, 1973), known as Pigpen, was an American musician. He was a founding member of the San Francisco band the Grateful Dead and played in the group from 1965 to 1972.
Ronald Charles McKernan, detto "Pigpen" (San Bruno, California, 8 settembre 1945 – Corte Madera, California, 8 marzo 1973), è stato un musicista statunitense, componente dei Grateful Dead dal 1965 al 1972.
12 ott 2023 · McKernan's landlady found his body at his home in Corte Madera, California, on March 8, 1973. Although Pigpen was no longer a member of the Dead, it's safe to say that his former bandmates were devastated.
12 apr 1973 · CORTE MADERA, Calif. — Ron McKernan — better known as Pigpen — was found dead in his apartment here March 8th. The organist and singer, a founding member of the Grateful Dead, was 27. The body...
About Ron "Pigpen" McKernan. Starting a rock band was actually Ron McKernan's idea, and he was its first front man, delivering stinging harmonica, keyboards, and beautiful blues vocals in the early years of the Warlocks/Grateful Dead.
JESSE: Ron “Pigpen” McKernan died 50 years ago this month at the age of 27. He’s buried at the Alta Mesa Memorial Park in Palo Alto, the town where the Grateful Dead were born. An inscription reads, “Pigpen was and is now forever one of the Grateful Dead.”
8 mar 2024 · On this day in 1973, Ron “Pigpen” McKernan, the founding keyboardist/vocalist of the Grateful Dead, was found dead of a gastrointestinal hemorrhage at the age of 27.
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