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 keeping with a GoFundMe page began by his kids, Fred Cothard “all of the 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 received in contact along with his daughter.”
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In keeping with his obituary, Cothard was 54 on the time of his demise 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 pals from all around the world, to see the following present.”
Cothard’s kids, twins Sadie and Sawyer, mentioned the GoFundMe marketing campaign is elevating cash to move his stays again dwelling 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, at the same time as younger kids we have been welcomed into the Useless household with open arms,” Sadie Cothard wrote. “Could the 4 winds blow you safely dwelling.”
As of publishing, the marketing campaign has surpassed its purpose of $25,000 with $36,581 raised. You may 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.
