Arts & Entertainment Robert Hunter, Grateful Dead's poetic lyricist, dead at 78 By JOHN ROGERS Associated Press Sep 24, 2019 LOS ANGELES (AP) — Robert Hunter, the man behind the poetic and mystical words for many of the Grateful Dead's finest songs, has died at age 78.
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