Warriors to honor late Grateful Dead founder Bob Weir

SAN FRANCISCO – The Warriors will hold a moment of silence to honor the late Bob Weir before they play the Hawks on Sunday evening. 

Weir, a Bay Area native, was a founding member of the legendary rock band Grateful Dead. He died on Saturday, at 78, after battling cancer. 

Warriors coach Steve Kerr began his pregame press conference by remembering the rock and roll icon. 

“Obviously a legendary figure from right here in San Francisco,” Kerr said. “Sad day, and the end of an era.”

Kerr said he wouldn’t consider himself a ‘Deadhead’ but said he appreciated their impact on the area after reading “Season of the Witch,” a book about the history of San Francisco culture. 

He also was well aware of the impact Weir and the band had on the late Bill Walton, whose son Luke coached under Kerr in the 2010s. 

“The biggest thing is just understanding the history of the band from right here in the city, and knowing how much that meant to people day,” Kerr said. 

Weir, along with Jerry Garcia, formed the band in Palo Alto in 1965, but is best-associated with San Francisco’s Haight-Ashbury district. The Grateful Dead were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994, and also earned a lifetime achievement award in the 2007 Grammy’s. He and the band performed their final show in 2025 in Golden Gate Park.