Pigpen

INFP - 9w8 - so/sp - 952 - Phlegmatic [Dominant] - ELFV - RCOAI - EII

Ronald Charles McKernan (September 8, 1945 – March 8, 1973), known as Pigpen, was an American singer and musician. He was a founding member of the San Francisco band the Grateful Dead and played in the group from 1965 to 1972. Pigpen was given the name due to his untidy and unclean habits, and band biographies say he got the nickname owing to his similarity to Pig-Pen, the permanently-dirty character in the comic strip Peanuts. Unlike the other members of the Grateful Dead, Pigpen avoided psychedelic drugs, preferring to drink alcohol (namely whiskey and flavored fortified wine). By 1971, his health had been affected by alcoholism and liver damage and doctors advised him to stop touring. Following a hiatus, he resumed touring with the group in December 1971 but was forced to retire from touring altogether in June 1972. Pigpen was found dead of a gastrointestinal hemorrhage on March 8, 1973, aged 27, and is buried at Alta Mesa Memorial Park in Palo Alto.