Jimmy Buffett Dead at 76

[renfield]

From his website:

Jimmy passed away peacefully on the night of September 1st surrounded by family, friends, music and dogs. He lived his life like a song till the very last breath and will be missed beyond measure by so many."

He had a great run.

 

[brian64]

Very sorry to hear it. Can't say I was ever a serious fan, but like millions of other people loved the hits I knew him from...especially of course, Margaritaville...what a great song.

He was a unique character. I was just looking at some info online to make extra certain about this given the weird rash of fake death notices this evening, and I was surprised to learn that he had a net worth of 1 billion. Wow...that's gotta be way above average for his peers I would think. I got the impression it may have had a lot to do with his restaurant chain from the little I read.

Anyway...RIP Jimmy...sorry you had to leave us.

 

[Chasing Embers]

Hope he's having that cheeseburger in paradise. R.I.P.

 

[AJL67]

Wow. Rest in peace.

 

[ashdigger]

It’s been a tough day with all the other announced fatalities on this Forum.

 

[HawkeyeLinus]

Is he really dead? Not an unreasonable question, lol, don't feel like leaving the site to research it at the moment.

 

[ssjones]

I was not a big Jimmy Buffet fan, and had two friends who are parrot-heads, they will be crushed. I went to one show, a few years ago, and just didn't. But, he was an American icon, of that, there is no doubt.

We love Key West FL and that city is synonymous with Jimmy, and I was never exactly sure why. This new film about Key West in 1969 and the literary scene that Jimmy was close to explains it (and the related unreleased film "Tarpon"). This now makes perfect sense:

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…

variety.com

 

[huntertrw]

I've followed Mr. Buffett since the 1980s when he was a relatively unknown performer and, purportedly, drove his own tour bus. His passing marks the end of an era in popular music, and I will miss him. Rest in peace, Sir!

 

[cosmicfolklore]

Crap!
I do love listening to trop-rock when we head down to our condo on the beach. He was one of those artists that truly knew how to make people smile, and he did so much good for people as well. He was known to pay people’s medical bills and just help people out in need. Great guy. He will be missed.

 

[trouttimes]

Damn…I am a big Buffett fan. He is the sound track for several generations. I have had the pleasure of having a drink with him on 3 separate occasions and I can say he was as genuine as they come. RIP and see you on the other side brother.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

Jimmy and Zac were great together.

 

[AppalachianPipe92]

His early 70s stuff was always my favorite. He was a great writer early on. RIP

 

[HawkeyeLinus]

Normally I trust you guys to let me know when to be sad and looking at you @kcghost ( ) so I had to verify! Now I’m sad - losing lots of artists lately which is bittersweet partially because they are artists that influenced my musical tastes when I was young and are about 1/2 generation removed so gets me thinking about mortality - yuck!!!! He’s the only reason I would have ever visited Key West - RIP to what seemed like a truly genuine guy.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

I can’t think of any other musician that inspired whole inland cities to become tropical paradises for his fans all over the world. Even Paris has a weekend for his fans. He used his money to establish charities for his fans, and he designed and built a retirement village and nursing home.

He may not have had as many fans as other musicians, but his fans would come together for some really fun parties. Pirate parties.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

He fed our daydreams of one day buying a boat and just drifting off to explore the world. Living on sugary beverages and eating cheeseburgers, and island girls!

 

[Streeper541]

So the oldest surfer on the beach has had his final change in latitude. May he enjoy a cheese burger in paradise.

 

[Kobold]

I remember he had a huge resurgence during the late 90s. I worked in the mall and sold a metric ton of his shirts. So in a way he helped me pay my bills back then. Rip!

 

[AJL67]

1989 basic training at Fort Benning we were bored one night and changed the words of Margaritaville to fit basic, we did the entire song, things like "searching for my civilian clothes... some people claim my recruiters to blame ... but i know it's my own damn fault" ... Drills heard us and made us sing it for the entire starship ... ended up getting us pizza for lunch after our turning blue ceremony. We had one Drill that was all about music and one day when we were on KP he made us a deal that if we could come up with all the words to Renegade by Styx we would get front spot in line for breakfast the next morning, one night to pass time on the night fire live range we had to come up with the words to the theme from All in the Family. All in all he was a good dude and made some "different" memories for basic and AIT.

 

[ssjones]

1989 basic training at Fort Benning we were bored one night and changed the words of Margaritaville to fit basic, we did the entire song, things like "searching for my civilian clothes... some people claim my recruiters to blame ... but i know it's my own damn fault" ... Drills heard us and made us sing it for the entire starship ... ended up getting us pizza for lunch after our turning blue ceremony. We had one Drill that was all about music and one day when we were on KP he made us a deal that if we could come up with all the words to Renegade by Styx we would get front spot in line for breakfast the next morning, one night to pass time on the night fire live range we had to come up with the words to the theme from All in the Family. All in all he was a good dude and made some "different" memories for basic and AIT.

Thats pretty cool! My brother has a CD of his Ranger school cadence songs, not fit for mixed company!

 

[AJL67]

Thats pretty cool! My brother has a CD of his Ranger school cadence songs, not fit for mixed company!

Yah 89 and those years were not these years, then again i think the first female i saw at Benning that wasn't a nurse at the processing battalion was a female ammo truck driver and she was the biggest dude i saw the entire time there, not fat and out of shape like today's military or an actual dude, she was build like a female hulk. LOL