Harold Kant | Grateful Dead lawyer, 77

Harold Kant, 77, the principal attorney for the Grateful Dead who helped run the band's business and protected its musical legacy, died Oct. 19 at his home in Reno, Nev.

Mr. Kant began representing the Dead in 1971, accompanying the band on tours and handling its recording and music publishing contracts.

After Ben & Jerry's ice cream created the Cherry Garcia flavor in the 1990s without discussing the idea with Jerry Garcia, Mr. Kant persuaded the lead singer to raise the issue, according to Dennis McNally, author of A Long Strange Trip: The Inside History of the Grateful Dead. Ultimately, Garcia received a large sum of money from Ben & Jerry's thanks to Mr. Kant's urging, McNally wrote. - AP