Jimmy Buffett ,76, died on September 1 2023 from cancer.Jimmy Buffett was an american songwriter whose country tinged soft rock celebrated the laid back culture of the Florida Keys of the Caribbean coast of the US. Most of his songs often featured the voices of characters who appreciated the aimless pleasures of beach life. It was a lifestyle led by Buffett himself for a number of years before he became a successful musician and businessman, and was notably portrayed in his most popular composition, Margaritaville, about a drifter who sits around strumming his guitar on the front porch, doing little more than watching the passers-by and – highlight of a long summer – getting himself a tattoo. Margaritaville spent 22 weeks on the US singles chart in 1977 peaking at number 8 and helping to put The Keys on the tourism map.
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“Jimmy Buffetts obituary” from The Guardian by Peter Mason on September 4 2023
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/sep/04/jimmy-buffett-obituary
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