He was found unresponsive and pronounced dead at the scene.
Born in NY in 1946 and raised in New Jersey, John Warren Geils Jr. of his full name was found unconscious by emergency services at his home in Groton, Massachusetts, police said.
"Centerfold" spent six weeks atop the Billboard Hot 100, while "Freeze Frame" reached the No. 4 spot. Most recently, they served as the opening act for Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band during their North American tour in 2015.
Groton Chief of Police Donald Palma Jr. confirmed the death, adding in a press release that a preliminary investigation "indicates that Geils died of natural causes".
J. Geils, the guitarist of the J.
J. Geils Band changed labels in the late 1970s and received a strong push from Capitol, resulting in hit songs Just Can't Wait and title track Love Stinks on their 1980 release.
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The band's success was relatively shortlived.
The musician was best known as the founder of The J Geils Band, famous for their 1982 hit Centrefold, about a man who discovers his ex-girlfriend has posed in an adult magazine.
Geils released two albums with his band, Bluestime, in the Nineties and returned to his jazz roots on his more recent solo albums. (He also capitalized on his love for high-performance automobiles, founding a racing company and even driving in a number of events.) His periodic reunions with the band ended in 2012, though, when he sued them for touring under his name without him. In the lawsuit, filed at the Boston Superior Court, Geils alleged that the remaining members, Salwitz, Klein, Wolf and Justman "planned and conspired" to exclude Geils from the tour, while continuing to use the band's name.
Geils' lawyer, Charles Grimes explained the claim.
And Geils was married for 28 years, although he and his former wife Kris amicably split in 1999. This instrumental jammer was led by Magic Dick's harmonica.
Tributes to Geils from fans, friends and fellow performers began to flood social media within minutes of the news of his death. British band Foghat took to Twitter, sharing a live recording of the band.
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