His family posted the news on social media.
Dickey was larger than life, and his loss will be felt world-wide, the familywrote on Instagram.
At this difficult time, the family asks for prayers and respect for their privacy in the coming days.
Dickey Betts onstage with The Allman Brothers Band in 1979Paul Natkin/Getty Images
More information will be forthcoming at the appropriate time.
The album reached the Top 40, but the groups next disc would be a stone classic.
13 on the Billboard chart, went platinum and became one of rocks most celebrated live records.
The hard-rocking, hard-living group was firmly established as rock royalty when tragedy struck.
The group would dedicate its next album to their fallen bandmate, and it changed everything.
It also featured the side-long Mountain Jam, a leftover from the Fillmore East shows.
The band decided to carry on, and its next album would become a monster.
Betts wrote and sang lead on its first single, Ramblin Man, which was an out-of-the-box radio smash.
Featuring Betts instantly recognizable, country-flecked riff, it soared to No.
I guess the song is more or less autobiographical, Betts toldRolling Stoneof Ramblin Man in 1975.
Not right down to the point, but overall its a pretty true song.
5 and tour hard.
It featured Betts Crazy Love, which would become the bands second-biggest pop hit, cracking Billboards Top 30.
The band then moved to Epic Records, which had seen commercial success with Gainesvilles Molly Hatchet.
All but the last of the groups Sony discs made the Top 100.
1994sWhere It All Beginswent gold.
He was replaced by guitar prodigy Derek Trucks, nephew of founding drummer Butch Trucks.
The group also caught the attention of Hollywood.
