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RIP Jimmy Buffett

3 years ago

I hate this! Only 76 and the music is gone. He was unique for sure and not everyone liked his music style but it was surely relaxing and fun in it’s own way. And his concerts were fun. I’ll be drinking a frozen concoction in his memory this weekend.

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Elmer J Fudd

3 years ago

We saw him in concert many times - it seemed like he went out on tour every year. His concerts were happiness events as much as musical ones. To a much greater extent than most other performing musicians, he exhibited and delivered high level joy and happiness to the audience. Whether his mannerisms and apparent moods were sincere or not can't be determined for sure but my guess is they were. The smiles on his face and those of his band, almost from start to finish, conveyed part of his good time message and were mirrored by those in the audience.

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maddielee
3 years ago
Very sad.
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aok27502
3 years ago
Nooooo!!
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Uptown Gal
3 years ago
RIP Jimmy....never too early for a Margarita.
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jrb451
3 years ago
I'll miss that guy. Listened to a lot of Buffett back in the day.
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whistle_b
3 years ago
Actually, his music will live on!!
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morz8 - Washington Coast
3 years ago
A shame, and at an age it feels more like a peer when we've lost a few of those this year already. Both my mothers parents died at age 75 and that didn't seem young at the time. Now it does. (and she outlived them by another 20 years) But RIP dear Mr. Buffett.
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raee_gw zone 5b-6a Ohio
3 years ago
So strange that just yesterday I thought of him, and wondered if he had recovered from whatever caused him to cancel concerts and be hospitalized. I still listen regularly to his album "One Particular Harbor" - that is one of my favorites of his songs.

I spotted him once in Leucadia, CA (when I lived there), driving past in a convertible.

My ex was such a big fan that he would go to every one of his concerts in the San Diego - Los Angeles area.

I'm sad at the loss.
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nekotish
3 years ago
It's five o'clock somewhere. Hope Jimmy is enjoying a margarita "somewhere."
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lily316
3 years ago
Very sad news. He was too young to go.
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chloebud
3 years ago
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This was tough news. He was a big favorite for so long. Just two days ago DH and I were enjoying this with Alan Jackson and Jimmy again.
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arkansas girl
3 years ago
Jimmy was really the only entertainer that I ever really loved. I've gotten so many years of enjoyment from listening to his music! This is very sad news to me. :(
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katlan
3 years ago
He will be missed. RIP. God bless his soul.
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bragu_DSM 5
3 years ago
I stepped on a pop top, lookin' for that shaker of salt

what memories. Thank you Jimmy!
rob333 (zone 7b)
3 years ago
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I'm usually sort of affected by celebrity deaths, but this one was a little bit deeper. I really enjoyed his work.
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Original Author
3 years ago
Elmer, I completely agree re his concerts. I didn’t attend as many as you but every single one was a happy, fun event. He was a great storyteller, apparently a pretty good businessman, and he will be missed by many. I think he still had a lot left to give, and I’m sad he is gone.

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