Her Haight-Ashbury clothing store was ground zero for the counterculture. But she was best known for a tawdry book — which she later disavowed — published after Ms. Joplin’s death.

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, 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.

Singer Janis Joplin's friend and former lover, Peggy Caserta, passed away on Thursday, November 21. She was 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'