Age: 53Died: August 9, 1995, Forest Knolls, CA
Cause: Heart attack while in drug treatment
Family: Four daughters, three wives and a long-time girlfriend
Estate mistake: Jerry Garcia of The Grateful Dead left a proper will when he died of heart failure in 1995, but an ex-wife said Garcia had made unfulfilled promises to her. That and many other issues involving the administration of his estate are still under contention.
Garcia and his band lived by ‘60s rules, or the lack of rules, and that has led to a difficult situation in courts, not just with potential heirs, but also with property. Although Garcia willed several guitars to the man who made them, his band contends the instruments were communal property and were not his to give away.