Santa Claus died in 1995 because Santa and Jerry Garcia were the same person! Look how identical they were! And I assure you that if you did enough pure LSD-25 at a Dead show, you could see Jerry's sleigh and its eight harnessed-up reindeer waiting patiently in the parking lot of the Oakland Colliseum.
Interestingly the day Jerry died was the one time Rush Limbaugh and Bill Clinton agreed on something; they both gave speeches saying surprisingly similar nice things about him, calling him an extremely unique, creative musical talent.