Bob Weir — the guitarist and founding member of the Grateful Dead — has died … according to a statement posted to his official Instagram account.

According to the post … Weir passed away while surrounded by loved ones due to an underlying lung issue after he beat cancer.

Weir was diagnosed with cancer over the summer shortly before performing at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco for a series of shows.

When Weir was just 16 years old, he famously followed the sounds of a banjo into a Palo Alto, California music store where he found Jerry Garcia strumming the instrument.

The two played music together all night … and eventually decided to form the group which would later be known as The Grateful Dead. They — along with Ron “Pigpen” McKernan, Phil Lesh and Bill Kreutzmann — were the founding five members of the group.

Weir spent the next three decades — besides a brief period in late 1968 when he and McKernan were left off the band’s roster — playing rhythm guitar and occasionally singing songs for the Dead.

During his time in the band, the group released 13 studio albums, many singles and played sold-out shows all over the world widely attended by their devoted fanbase the “Deadheads.”

The Grateful Dead officially came to an end in 1995 after Garcia’s death … though Weir played with The Other Ones and The Dead — successive groups made up of Grateful Dead members — over the next two decades. Weir was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame as a member of The Grateful Dead in 1994.

Weir also struck out on his own by founding the music group Bobby Weir & Wolf Bros beginning in 2018 … famously playing a series of shows with symphony orchestras at the Kennedy Center in 2022.

Like many members of The Grateful Dead, Weird also cared about social issues — he was a longtime vegetarian and animal rights activist.

Weir is survived by his wife Natascha Münter and their two children, Monet, and Chloe who are asking for privacy at this time.

Bob was 78.

Timothy Busfield‘s arrest warrant isn’t the first time he’s been embroiled in legal drama regarding allegations of child sexual abuse — a judge orderedthe actor to pay $150K for an unsuccessful defamation lawsuit years ago.

Here’s the deal … back in 1996, Busfield filed a lawsuit against the law firm Messerli & Kramer, claiming they made up a story about him sexually assaulting a 17-year-old girl while shooting the 1994 movie “Little Big League,” according to a report from Deseret News published at the time.

The alleged victim was an extra on the film, which Busfield starred in … and he reportedly settled the lawsuit for an undisclosed amount.

As you know … prosecutors in New Mexico have issued a warrant for Busfield’s arrest, alleging he sexually abused two underage boys while filming “The Cleaning Lady.”

Police in Albuquerque told us they started investigating Busfield in late 2024 … and the warrant was issued Friday. We’re told cops hope the actor turns himself in.

Busfield is married to actress Melissa Gilbert … who spoke out against child sex abuse just a few weeks before the warrant was issued.

Zara Larsson‘s drawing a line in the sand … telling fans she loves a lot of controversial people and activities — but definitely not ICE.

The “Lush Life” hitmaker shared a list of her likes and dislikes on Instagram Saturday morning … telling fans she loves immigrants, queer and transgender people, promiscuous women, contraception, welfare, socialism — and even criminals.

As for the United States’ immigration enforcement agents … Larsson says she’s got no love for them — in fact, she “f***ing hates” ICE. Her statement, of course, comes as people have gathered to protest ICE’s controversial shooting of Renee Nicole Good by a member of the agency in Minnesota earlier this week.

The Swedish singer-songwriter clarified her distaste for the federal department in a follow-up post to Instagram … explaining she loves criminals because her man can’t come to the U.S. due to an old marijuana violation. Basically, Zara says her boyfriend got popped with a little weed back in the day, and the U.S.A. still won’t let him back in the country … forcing them to spend months apart each year.

Larsson then launches into a tirade against the nonviolent drug offenders — many of them Black and brown people — still locked up … adding she’d honestly rather have a crackhead smoking on her couch than an ICE agent in her house.