Next month will mark the 30th anniversary of Jerry Garcia’s death. The legendary Grateful Dead cofounder, guitarist and vocalist died on Aug. 9, 1995, in his room at a drug and alcohol rehabilitation facility outside of San Francisco. He was 53.

Fans of the pioneering psychedelic rock band known as Deadheads — many of whom followed the band across the country from show to show, trading tapes of live recordings of their performances — knew this day would come. Garcia had struggled with drug addiction and diabetes for years, and was in bad shape weeks earlier on what would be his final tour. Still, news of his death was no less shocking.

"I'm probably like a lot of people entering the first waves of numbness,” Tom Constanten, a former Grateful Dead keyboardist and a close friend of Garcia’s, told San Francisco's KCBS radio that night.

Yahoo is asking readers like you to share your memories of Garcia, including where you were when you heard he had died, what he and his music meant to you then and what it means to you today.