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    10 months ago

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    Sept 2 (Reuters) - Jimmy Buffett, the American singer-songwriter who went from Key West beach bum to billionaire behind the always-on-vacation “Margaritaville” commercial empire, has died at the age of 76.

    His breakthrough hit was “Margaritaville,” a melodic track with a tropical lilt that soon became a mainstay of resort musicians and a vacation favorite of still vaguely hedonistic baby boomers, with its lyrics about “wastin’ away” and “nothing to show but this brand new tattoo.”

    Buffett released over two dozen albums and played countless concerts over six decades, while the “Margaritaville” concept exploded into a lifestyle brand that eventually included everything from hotels and restaurants to pool floats and frozen shrimp dishes.

    For aging fans - known as “Parrotheads” - who could not get enough, the first “Latitude Margaritaville” retirement community opened in Florida in 2018, and others soon followed, promising “food, fun, music and escapism” for the over-55s.

    James William Buffett was born on Dec. 25, 1946, in Pascagoula, Mississippi, and grew up in Mobile, Alabama, the son of a well-traveled army engineer and the grandson of a seafaring man who he would later say gave him a lifelong love of the ocean and yearning for adventure.

    An island at the far tip of Florida, closer to Cuba than the U.S. mainland, Key West has long had a reputation as a place for artists, misfits, and heavy drinkers.


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