A Grateful Dead fan died after collapsing whereas dancing at Dead & Company’s homecoming shows at San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park this previous weekend.
In response to a GoFundMe page began by his kids, Fred Cothard “all of a sudden collapsed” on the live performance. Jody Leddy, who attended the present with Cothard, added in a Facebook post that Cothard fell whereas they have been dancing to “They Love Every Different.”
“I’m blessed & honored to have been there with him each second yesterday earlier than, throughout & after his passing,” Leddy wrote. “I used to be holding him, speaking to him about his children, & kissing him till hours after the physician pronounced him, till I acquired in contact together with his daughter.”
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In response to his obituary, Cothard was 54 on the time of his loss of life and operated his personal development firm. He additionally had a “deep love and fervour for the Grateful Useless” and would journey “the nation with household and buddies from everywhere in the world, to see the subsequent present.”
Cothard’s kids, twins Sadie and Sawyer, mentioned the GoFundMe marketing campaign is elevating cash to move his stays again residence to Michigan, in addition to for funeral and memorial bills and speedy family wants.
“Our dad introduced Sawyer and I to our first Useless present in 2016, whilst younger kids we have been welcomed into the Useless household with open arms,” Sadie Cothard wrote. “Could the 4 winds blow you safely residence.”
As of publishing, the marketing campaign has surpassed its purpose of $25,000 with $36,581 raised. You possibly can contribute to the GoFundMe here.
Useless & Firm’s three-night stand at Golden Gate Park was in celebration of the sixtieth anniversary of the Grateful Useless’s formation.
