Question: are the dillards still alive?
Answer: Douglas Dillard (born March 6, 1937, Salem, Missouri - May 16, 2012) - banjo. ... Dean Webb (born Roy Dean Webb, March 28, 1937, Independence, Missouri – June 30, 2018) - mandolin. Mitchell Franklin "Mitch" Jayne (born July 5, 1928, Hammond, Indiana - August 2, 2010) - double bass.