(NEXSTAR) -- Donna Jean Godchaux-MacKay, who sang with the Grateful Dead in the 1970s, has died, according to multiple reports. She was 78.

Godchaux died Sunday at a Nashville hospice facility, her family said in a statement shared with the San Francisco Chronicle. Her representative told Rolling Stone that Godchaux had a "lengthy struggle with cancer."

No additional details about her diagnosis were shared.

Prior to her time with the Dead, Godchaux served as a backup singer on the hit songs "When a Man Loves a Woman" by Percy Sledge and "Suspicious Minds" by Elvis Presley, her family noted in their statement. Godchaux can also be heard on songs by Cher, Neil Diamond, and others, the Chronicle reports.

Born Donna Jean Thatcher in Florence, Alabama, she would tour with the Grateful Dead

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