Jon McIntire, who managed the Grateful Dead in the early Seventies and helped create the community of Deadheads, died February 15th of complications from lung cancer at home in Stinson Beach, California. He was 70.
It was McIntire who arranged to have an insert included in copies of
the band’s self-titled 1971 live album (“Skull and Roses”) calling for
fans to join a mailing list. “DEAD FREAKS UNITE,” the note began, later
referring to “Dead Heads.”
