post. i feel like i m dying jo reporter: the band was eventually committed into the rock n roll hall of fame in 1995 but the road to success was anything smooth for gregg. his older brother died after the release of their first album and gregg struggled with drug abuse and rock romantic marriage to cher and one of his many marriages and he opened up to cnn about his battle with hepatitis c. i just started getting real tired, you know? energy just ain t there. reporter: it s also where he spent his final days working on a soon to be released album southern blood. he fortunately got to hear some of the mixes of his final record and shared with me how happy he was. reporter: his general manager said that gregg was at peace with his family by his side as he died on saturday.
gregg also struggled with drug abuse and rock romantic marriage that included a marriage to cher, one of his many marriages. most recently, he returned to georgia where he opened up to cnn about his battle with hepatitis c. i just started getting real tired, you know? energy just ain t there. reporter: it s also where he spent his final days working on a soon to be released album southern blood. he fortunately got to hear some of the final mixes of his record and shared with me how happy he was. reporter: his general manager michael lehman told cnn gregg was at peace with his family by his side as he died on saturday. social media were flooded with condolences with fans and cher and ringo starr. i have led some kind of life, gregg wrote in his 2012 memoir. a life now immortalized in lirics.