Although they never formally married , Scully was in a relationship with Nicki Scully from 1969 to 1984 ; they had a daughter , Sage . He also raised her daughter from a previous relationship ( Acacia , also known as Spirit ) and fathered a son ( Luke ) in a previous relationship . Luke died in the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami while vacationing in Thailand . During the Grateful Dead 's 1974 European tour , he engaged in a brief liaison with and may have married Lady Carolyne Christie , the niece of Lawrence Dundas , 3rd Marquess of Zetland . Scully 's brother has subsequently expressed doubts about the legality of the union ( which Scully misrepresented to his common-law wife as a green card marriage ) , while Christie later married Roger Waters of Pink Floyd after separating from Scully in 1975 . In 1989 , Scully moved to Louisville , Kentucky , where he operated an automotive paint shop for three years with his longtime companion , former Grateful Dead associate Amy Moore . Shortly after relapsing , he broke up with Moore and returned to California in 1992 . While he attempted to reclaim his old position , Scully found that his job " had been usurped by others . " Nevertheless , he remained on amicable terms with the group , as evinced by a 2010 group interview with Scully , Phil Lesh and Bob Weir
2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
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