{"id":589523,"date":"2023-09-02T11:59:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-02T08:59:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/margaritaville-singer-jimmy-buffett-dies-at-76\/"},"modified":"2023-09-02T11:59:01","modified_gmt":"2023-09-02T08:59:01","slug":"margaritaville-singer-jimmy-buffett-dies-at-76","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/margaritaville-singer-jimmy-buffett-dies-at-76\/","title":{"rendered":"#’Margaritaville’ singer Jimmy Buffett dies at 76"},"content":{"rendered":"
NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 Singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett, who popularized beach bum soft rock with the escapist Caribbean-flavored song \u201cMargaritaville\u201d and turned that celebration of loafing into an empire of restaurants, resorts and frozen concoctions, has died. He was 76.<\/p>\n

\u201cJimmy passed away peacefully on the night of September 1st surrounded by his family, friends, music and dogs,\u201d a statement posted to Buffett’s official website and social media<\/a> pages said late Friday. \u201cHe lived his life like a song till the very last breath and will be missed beyond measure by so many.\u201d<\/p>\n

The statement did not say where Buffett died or give a cause of death. Illness had forced him to reschedule concerts in May and Buffett acknowledged in social media posts that he had been hospitalized, but provided no specifics.<\/p>\n

\u201cMargaritaville,\u201d released on Feb. 14, 1977, quickly took on a life of its own, becoming a state of mind for those \u201dwastin\u2019 away,\u201d an excuse for a life of low-key fun and escapism for those \u201cgrowing older, but not up.\u201d<\/p>\n

The song is the unhurried portrait of a loafer on his front porch, watching tourists sunbathe while a pot of shrimp is beginning to boil. The signer has a new tattoo, a likely hangover and regrets over a lost love. Somewhere there is a misplaced salt shaker.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat seems like a simple ditty about getting blotto and mending a broken heart turns out to be a profound meditation on the often painful inertia of beach dwelling,\u201d Spin magazine wrote in 2021. \u201cThe tourists come and go, one group indistinguishable from the other. Waves crest and break whether somebody is there to witness it or not. Everything that means anything has already happ<\/a>ened and you\u2019re not even sure when.\u201d<\/p>\n

The song \u2014 from the album \u201cChanges in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes\u201d \u2014 spent 22 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and peaked at No. 8. The song was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2016 for its cultural and historic significance, became a karaoke standard and helped brand Key West, Florida, as a distinct sound of music and a destination known the world over.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere was no such place as Margaritaville,” Buffett told the Arizona Republic in 2021. \u201cIt was a made-up place in my mind, basically made up about my experiences in Key West and having to leave Key West and go on the road to work and then come back and spend time by the beach.\u201d<\/p>\n

The song soon inspired restaurants and resorts, turning Buffett\u2019s alleged desire for the simplicity of island life into a multimillion brand. He landed at No. 13 in Forbes\u2019 America\u2019s Richest Celebrities in 2016 with a net worth of $550 million.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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