His death was announced by family on hisFacebook page.
(Gravenites ex-wife, clothing designer Linda Gravenites, contributed significantly to Joplins signature flamboyant style.)
It has sold more than 4 million copes in the U.S. alone.
Nick Gravenites performs in San Francisco in 1977Ed Perlstein/Redferns/Getty Images
10 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1971.
The song was honored by the Blues Hall of Fame in 2003.
In 2013, he was featured in the documentaryBorn in Chicagoabout the 1960s Chicago blues scene.
The film was shown at the SXSW festival in Austin and is streaming on Amazon Prime.
Complete information on survivors was not immediately available.
