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15 Moments That Defined the Last 30 Years of the Grateful Dead

Reunions, historic tours, Kennedy Center honors, the Sphere, and more

When Jerry Garcia died in 1995, it seemed like the story of the Grateful Dead might end there. “I didn’t go out of my house for a week,” Mickey Hart recalled years later. But the Dead’s music and community and culture rebounded and carried on, creating one of the most impressive second acts in rock history. To honor the band’s 60th anniversary, here are some of the key moments that have defined the Dead’s past 30 years, from their many musical reincarnations and subsequent tours to a five-hour tribute album to Kennedy Center honors and arguably the most epic Vegas residency of all time.

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