Jimmy Buffett dies.

[Cycleops]

The man who wrote a song about a frozen drink, a beach bum on a tropical island and turned it it into a hit and a multi million dollar business empire has died aged 76.
Here he is with Alan Jackson:

View: https://youtu.be/BPCjC543llU?si=JJNQHcENHV62teM2

And here he is singing that song:

View: https://youtu.be/tUlf4LvMJus?si=q_52lACS3ozfvXzi

And about his business empire:
https://www.foxbusiness.com/enterta...nt-beyond-searching-his-long-lost-shaker-salt

An unlikely pop star:

View: https://youtu.be/rXaLA2O5IGk?si=ckT0WcfeSxwYpqf8

 

[Bonefish Blues]

Nice bloke, by all accounts. Used to drop in on his boat to fish an island I also fish, and well-liked by the residents.

 

[Proto]

Have to confess that I'd never heard of him, nor his song Margaritaville. Not my cup of tea, tbh.

 

[Fab Foodie]

It's gotta be 5 O'clock somewhere....

The functioning alcoholics, and the long distance traveller's mantra!

 

[Beebo]

Have to confess that I'd never heard of him, nor his song Margaritaville. Not my cup of tea, tbh.

he’s far bigger in US than here.
I was amazed to hear he had made hundreds of millions of dollars by monetising a song I hadn’t heard in decades.

 

[Chris S]

He died of skin cancer. It's rather ironic given the 'beach bum' lifestyle he promoted.