Jimmy Buffett, legendary 'Margaritaville' singer, dies at 76

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Oh No!!! I'm so sad to hear this. He was an all time favorite of mine, and tons of other people. He made such great, happy and fun music. He will be sadly missed. What a loss to all of us. He was one guy who I just thought would be around forever. I am sure he is making music in heaven with those who went before him. God bless you, Jimmy. May you Rest in Peace. Love Katt
 
His cause of death was Merkel cell skin cancer.


According to an official obituary for the star posted to his website, Buffett died at his home in Sag Harbor, New York, at age 76 on Friday from Merkel cell skin cancer — which he had been diagnosed with four years ago. (Merkel cell carcinoma is a rare, aggressive skin cancer that often begins as "red, shiny nodules on the face, hands and neck," per the MD Anderson Cancer Center.)

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Jimmy Buffett's Cause of Death Revealed as Merkel Cell Skin Cancer

Jimmy Buffett died at his home in Sag Harbor, New York, at age 76 on Friday from Merkel cell carcinoma — which he had been diagnosed with four years ago — according to an official obituary for the star.
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I saw him in concert at an amphitheater in the early 1980s. Great concert, similar to this:

FINS TO THE LEFT, FINS TO THE RIGHT!


Rest easy Pirate, one of my all time favorite Buffett songs:


We actually stayed at his resort in St. Thomas a few years back, we had some points to use and ate Cheeseburgers in Paradise and had a full size margarita machine in the room.
 
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I tuned in to Sirius XM yesterday during my lunch break. The DJ’s on his Margaritaville channel were all teared up and telling stories.

J.B has contributed to my daydreams and RL travels of island life and escape. “Blew out my flip-flop” has happened!

Now, to give a re-listen to Why Don’t We Get Drunk and Screw?

Last Call.
 
See link for preview of "All that is Sacred" being featured now at 2023 Telluride Film Festival

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Tom McGuane and Jimmy Buffett Recall the Wild Literary Scene of 1970s Key West in Telluride Film ‘All That Is Sacred’ — See the Trailer (EXCLUSIVE)

Did the Algonquin round table somehow spiritually relocate itself in the early 1970s to Key West, Florida? The idea that the small, remote island city was a hotbed for one of the last great counter…
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8/31/2023

The 34-minute movie, which stars the famous novelist Tom McGuane and writer-musician Jimmy Buffett, has its premiere at the Telluride Film Festival this weekend.

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“I hadn’t understood how powerful it was going be,” says McGuane. “We’ve shown it to a lot of people — we’ve just shown it to Tom and Meredith Brokaw — and I mean, everybody that sees it seems to burst into tears. It’s just a strong little movie and I think Scott did a great job of it.”

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The project loosely has its origins in a film that was made about some of these same characters in 1973-74 but never released, “Tarpon.” It mainly focused on the writers’ penchant for casting their flies for the title fish, not their writing or music, although the then-only-semi-famous Buffett went to France to compose an original score (and is duly touted in that film’s opening credits as an “ABC-Dunhill artist”). Only seen until now in bootleg versions, “Tarpon” has recently been restored and will play as a shorts double-feature with “All That Is Sacred” at Telluride, as Ballew thinks it might once a distribution deal is made. (He says the Telluride bow will mark the beginning of their working toward that.)
 
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