Peggy Caserta, whose candid revelations about her romantic relationship with rock star Janis Joplin were told in a 1973 tell-all book, died Thursday, November 21, at 84.

Peggy Caserta, Janis Joplin's one-time lover, has died at 84. Caserta wrote two memoirs about her time with the rocker, including 1973's 'Going Down with Janis' and 2018's 'I Ran into Some Trouble.'

Peggy Caserta, a lover of rock icon Janis Joplin, has died at age 84. Keep up with the latest in LGBTQ + news and politics. Sign up for The Advocate's email newsletter. Caserta died last Thursday at her home, a cabin on the Tillamook River in Oregon, Deadline reports. Her death was due to natural causes.

Janis Joplin and Peggy Caseta were fast friends, occasional lovers and then dope-shooting comrades, even as their fortunes rose.