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Grateful Dead Honor Bill Walton: ‘Biggest Deadhead in the World’


Grateful Dead's Bob Weir, Mickey Hart, and Bill Kreutzmann say fare thee well to NBA great Bill Walton, "the biggest Deadhead in the world."

Bill Walton (L) appears onstage as John Mayer and Bob Weir of Dead and Company perform at The Forum on December 31, 2015 Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic The surviving members of the Grateful Dead paid tribute to Bill Walton, the NBA Hall of Famer and famed Deadhead who died on Monday from cancer at 71. “Whenever I play, there will now always be a hole where a seat should be, about ten rows back, center, where Bill used to stand, eyes closed, arms raised, while he felt the music running through him.

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