Essential WEST, Fla. — Essential West is arranging to pay tribute Sunday to the late musician Jimmy Buffett with a next-line procession Sunday evening, officials reported.
The “It truly is 5 o’Clock in Essential West” second line procession is to start at 5 p.m. on the island’s Duval Street to honor Buffett, a longtime island resident who died early Saturday. He was 76. In accordance to reviews, Buffett passed away Sept. 1 at his house in Sag Harbor, Extensive Island, when surrounded by family members and friends.
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His demise was announced in a assertion posted on his internet site and social media channels early Saturday,
“Jimmy handed absent peacefully on the evening of September 1st surrounded by his loved ones, buddies, new music and dogs,” the assertion mentioned. “He lived his daily life like a track until the quite very last breath and will be missed over and above evaluate by so lots of.”
Buffett only at any time had a person pop hit, “Margaritaville,” but his audio attained him generations of devoted followers and led to a enterprise empire that made him just one of America’s wealthiest celebrities.
Buffett put in decades touring after the accomplishment of “Margaritaville,” and he used the commercial clout and the help of his rabid “Parrotheads,” or lovers, to products his new music, open a chain of Margaritaville resorts and eating places, and launch a lifestyle model. In accordance to Forbes, Buffett’s internet worthy of was above a billion pounds, and his concert events have reportedly grossed extra than a million pounds a night time.
Buffett continued to tour right up until 2023. His very last tour date, stated on his internet site, is a effectiveness in San Francisco on Might 6, 2023. About two weeks later, he cancelled future late May possibly tour dates in South Carolina. At the time, Buffett explained he was hospitalized for “some concerns that necessary instant interest.”
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