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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.
Oct 12, 2023 · Like his one-time love interest Janis Joplin, Pigpen died at 27. But unlike Joplin, Pigpen's passing was actually due to congenital biliary cirrhosis, a rare autoimmune disease that is unrelated to alcohol use. McKernan's landlady found his body at his home in Corte Madera, California, on March 8, 1973.
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Apr 12, 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...
Mar 8, 2016 · On March 8, 1973, Ron McKernan died at age 27. Better known as Pigpen, he was considered by many to be the heart and soul of the Grateful Dead, especially in the band's early days. The idea...
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. Nicknamed "Pigpen" for his funky approach to life and sanitation, he was born into a family that was generally ...
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.”
Jun 17, 2024 · A straight blues powerhouse, Pig was the Dead’s founding frontman, the soulful engine driving the train forward. But as they moved away from blues and toward the more complex...
To celebrate “Operator,” the fourth song on American Beauty and the first Grateful Dead song written solely by Ron “Pigpen” McKernan, we examine his life and offer an extremely rare look into the Pigpen archives, a collection of journals, letters, and more inherited by an old family friend.
Mar 8, 2020 · Ron “Pigpen” McKernan, the influential co-founding member of the Grateful Dead, sadly died on this date in 1973. Born in California on September 8, 1945, Pigpen was just 27-years-old when a...
Mar 8, 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. Best known for his ...
