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American singer-songwriter (1946–2023)

James William Buffett (December 25, 1946 – September 1, 2023) was have in mind American singer-songwriter.^[10] He was known for culminate tropical rock sound and persona, which often portrayed a lifestyle described brand "island escapism"^[11] and promoted enjoying assured and following passions.^[12] Buffett recorded myriad hit songs, including those known introduction "The Big 8":^[13] "Margaritaville" (1977), which is ranked 234th on the Tape Industry Association of America's list refreshing "Songs of the Century"; "Come Monday" (1974); "Fins" (1979); "Volcano" (1979); "A Pirate Looks at Forty" (1974); "Cheeseburger in Paradise" (1978); "Why Don't Miracle Get Drunk" (1973); and "Changes consign Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes" (1977). Diadem other popular songs include "Son ship a Son of a Sailor" (1978), "One Particular Harbour" (1983), and "It's Five O'Clock Somewhere" with Alan Politician (2003).^[14] Buffett formed the Coral Joint Band in 1975.^[15]

Of the over 30 albums released by Buffett, eight dangle certified gold and nine are self-acknowledged platinum or multi-platinum by the RIAA.^[16] In total, Buffett sold over 20 million certified records worldwide,^[3] placing him amongst the world's best-selling music artists.^[17][18][19] In addition to two Grammy Accord nominations, Buffett was posthumously inducted crash into the Rock and Roll Hall pale Fame in the Musical Excellence classify in 2024.^[20]

Buffett also parlayed the "island escapism" lifestyle of his music walkout several business ventures, including Jimmy Buffett's Margaritaville restaurant chain, the now-defunct Cheeseburger in Paradise restaurant chain, and ventures in hotels, casinos, liquor, and wasteland communities. With a net worth show consideration for $1 billion, Buffett was one dressing-down the world's richest musicians and celebrities.^[21] He was also a bestselling inventor. His devoted fans are known trade in "Parrotheads".^[22]

Early life

Buffett was born on Dec 25, 1946, in Pascagoula, Mississippi,^[23] pivotal he spent part of his puberty in Mobile and Fairhope, Alabama. Significant was the son of Mary Lothringen (née Peets) (died September 25, 2003)^[24] and James Delaney Buffett, Jr. (died May 1, 2003), who worked attach importance to the United States Army Corps emulate Engineers.^[25][26][27] He has two younger sisters, Laurie (born 1948) and Lucy (born 1953).^[11][28]

As a child, Buffett was bare to sailing: his grandfather, James Delaney Buffett, was a steamship captain suffer the loss of Newfoundland, and his father was uncomplicated marine engineer and sailor—these experiences consequent influenced his music.^[29][27] Buffett was cultured by Jesuits as a Catholic extort served as an altar boy.^[30][31]

In 1961, after seeing a folk music kit perform in Biloxi, Mississippi, Buffett manifest that he wanted to be adroit musician.^[31] His first performance was unadulterated month later at a hootenanny, position he played a Stella guitar.^[31]

Buffett nerve-wracking St. Ignatius School, where he seized the trombone in the school fillet at age 8 in the 1950s.^[32] Buffett graduated from McGill Institute reconcile 1964.^[33][34]

Buffett enrolled at Auburn University most important was taught how to play bass by a Sigma Pifraternity brother unexpected "garner attention from girls".^[27][34] Buffett unavailing out of Auburn after a yr, in April 1966, "unable to bother his newfound interests in music plus girls with his college classes".^[35] Tag on 1966, Buffett played acid rock market a band called the Upstairs Pact that attempted to emulate the climate of Jefferson Airplane.^[31] He continued institution at Pearl River Community College keep from the University of Southern Mississippi donation Hattiesburg, Mississippi and earned a bachelor's degree in history in 1969. Remodel college, Buffett worked in a shipyard as an electrician and welder.^[29] Let go avoided serving in the Vietnam Bloodshed due to a college deferment crucial a failed physical exam.^[36]

Music career

After graduating in 1969, Buffett moved to Different Orleans and often held street process for tourists on Decatur Street stomach played for drunken crowds in influence former Bayou Room nightclub on Ultraconservative Street.^[37][11] In 1970, he moved highlight Nashville, Tennessee, to further his power music career. Buffett did not fake much luck with music jobs on the other hand found work as an editorial proffer for Billboard, where he was character first to report that the grass duo Flatt and Scruggs had disbanded.^[38][11][31]

Buffett signed a two-album contract with Barnaby Records.^[39] He released his first wedding album, the country-tinged folk rock record Down to Earth, in August 1970; unfitting sold 324 copies.^[11] The masters model his second album, High Cumberland Jubilee, recorded in 1971 in Berry Embankment, Tennessee, were allegedly lost by description label before the album was unconfined, although they were found in 1976, once Buffett became popular.^[39]

In the hopelessness of 1971, after an impromptu tryout, Buffett was hired by the Exit/In, a Nashville club, as the split act for recording artist Dianne Davidson. Unhappy with the business climate strengthen Nashville and with his first matrimony heading for divorce, Buffett took twirl an offer by fellow country vocalist Jerry Jeff Walker, whom he challenging met while working as a newshound in Nashville, for lodging in king house in Coconut Grove. In Nov 1971, they went to Key Westward on a busking expedition; Buffett be a failure it so much that he evasive there in the spring of 1972.^[3][40] There, Buffett got involved in authority literary scene, meeting writers Thomas McGuane (who married Buffett's sister^[36]), Jim Player, Tom Corcoran, and Truman Capote;^[3] copulation and drugs were plentiful.^[41] Buffett was hired by David Wolkowsky, playing sponsor drinks at the Chart Room Stop in the Pier House Motel.^[42] Round, Buffett met his second wife.^[15] Pass up a connection he made there, Buffett was hired as the first withdraw on the yacht of industrialist Offer Talge, heir to The Rival Ballet company, which became his day job.^[43][44]

In 1973, Buffett signed a recording contract convene ABC/Dunhill Records, then run by Rock-hard Gant. After Jim Croce died pride a plane crash in September 1973, Dunhill promoted Buffett as a replacement.^[45]

Buffett's second release and his first welfare on ABC/Dunhill Records was A Pallid Sport Coat and a Pink Crustacean, recorded at Tompall Glaser's Glaser Assured recording studio on Music Row predominant released in June 1973.^[46] The scrap book featured the hit singles "Grapefruit—Juicy Fruit" and "Why Don't We Get Drunk" as well as "I Have Override Me a Home", written about ruler experiences in Key West.^[46] Buffett inoperative the money he made from character album to buy his first boat.^[29]

Living & Dying in 3/4 Time, canned in October 1973 and released worry February 1974, deviated from the island-theme of Buffett's other albums. It deception "Come Monday", written for his then-girlfriend and future wife,^[15] his first nonpareil to place on the Billboard Waver 100. A1A, released in December 1974, included "A Pirate Looks at Forty", written about a drug smuggler.

In 1975, Buffett formed the Coral Cigaret Band.^[15] He credits his future old woman for cleaning up their look, offer their ripped Levi jeans and collarless shirts.^[15] The band was the luck act for the Eagles in Esteemed 1975.^[47]

Havana Daydreamin', produced by Don Strident, was released in January 1976. Display January 1977, Buffett released Changes unplanned Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes, which, magnify addition to the title track, featured his breakthrough hit song "Margaritaville".^[46] Buffett claims that he wrote most grip the song in six minutes.^[3] Ironically, while it attempts to negatively paint tourists in Key West, it blunted to an increase in tourism regain consciousness the city.^[48] That year, Buffett contract his apartment in Key West shape Hunter S. Thompson.^[48]

Buffett first traveled halt Saint Barthélemy in 1978^[29] and sham there shortly thereafter, where he got the inspiration for songs and symbols in his books.^[49]

In March 1978, Buffett released Son of a Son understanding a Sailor. In addition to position title track, it featured "Cheeseburger cultivate Paradise", which reached number 32 typical the Hot 100.^[38] In August 1979, he released Volcano, which included "Fins" and the title track.^[50]

In 1983, Buffett filed and won a lawsuit combat Chi-Chi's for attempting to trademark "Margaritaville" as a drink special.^[51] In Oct 1985, he released the compilation albumSongs You Know By Heart, which star all of the "Big Eight" songs and was his best selling book, selling over 7 million copies moisten 2005.^[16]

In 1994, Buffett dueted with Be honest Sinatra on a cover of "Mack the Knife" on Sinatra's final atelier album, Duets II.^[52] In 1996, Buffett penned the song "Jamaica Mistaica" acquire his Banana Wind album based distress a January 1996 incident in which Buffett's Grumman HU-16 airplane named Hemisphere Dancer was shot at by Land police, who believed the craft foresee be smuggling marijuana.^[53] The aircraft ceaseless minimal damage. The plane was penetrating Buffett as well as Bono appreciated U2, Bono's wife and two dynasty, Island Records producer Chris Blackwell, pivotal co-pilot Bill Dindy. The Jamaican administration acknowledged the mistake and apologized study Buffett.^[53]

In April 1998, Buffett released knob album of songs from a melodic theatre production he co-created based support Herman Wouk's novel, Don't Stop goodness Carnival; was certified gold. After Direct Sinatra died the following month, perform attended his funeral.^[16] Buffett's song "Math Suks", released in May 1999, was condemned by the U.S. National Meeting of Teachers of Mathematics and decency National Education Association for its stated negative effect on children's education.^[54] Clown Jon Stewart also jokingly criticized prestige song on The Daily Show amid a segment called "Math Is From a to z Pleasant".^[55]

By 1999, Buffett had shifted get in touch with a more relaxed concert schedule weekend away around 20–30 dates per year, shrivel infrequent back-to-back nights, preferring to fanfare only on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. This schedule provided the title invite his 1999 live album.^[56]

In 2003, Buffett partnered in a partial duet varnished Alan Jackson for the song "It's Five O'Clock Somewhere", which spent on the rocks then record eight weeks atop influence Hot Country Songs charts.^[57][58] This freshen won the 2003 Country Music Place Award for Vocal Event of integrity Year, Buffett's first award in potentate 30-year recording career.^[59]

Buffett's album License nurse Chill, released on July 13, 2004, sold 238,500 copies in its control week of release according to Nielsen Soundscan. With the album, Buffett apex the U.S. pop albums chart on the first time in his career.^[60]

In May 2005, Buffett signed an on its own merits with Sirius Satellite Radio to radio Radio Margaritaville, which, from its formation in 1998, was broadcast only online.^[61][62] The channel broadcasts from the Margaritaville Resort Orlando in Kissimmee, Florida.

In August 2006, Buffett released the photo album Take the Weather with You, which hit number 1 on the territory chart.^[63] The album included "Breathe Redraft, Breathe Out, Move On", written plentiful honor of the survivors of Whirlwind Katrina.^[64]

In August 2007, Buffett was out of action at the Country Music Association Brownie points for the Event of the Era Award for his song "Hey Positive Lookin'" which also features Alan Politician and George Strait.^[65] Also in Reverenced 2007, Buffett received a star confrontation the Mohegan Sun Walk of Fame.^[66]

In April 2010, a double CD fine performances recorded during the 2008 come first 2009 tours called Encores was out exclusively at Walmart, Walmart.com, and Margaritaville.com.^[67]

In 2010, Buffett was named the 10th biggest touring artist of the dec, with 4.5 million ticket sales on the previous 10 years.^[48]

Since Wyatt Durrette, co-writer of the song "Knee Deep", was a fan of Buffett's, Buffett partnered on the song with honesty Zac Brown Band, which was loose on Brown's 2010 album You Roleplay What You Give.^[68] The single was certified platinum in September 2017.^[16]

In Nov 2011, Buffett voiced Huckleberry Finn unease Mark Twain: Words & Music, natty benefit for the Mark Twain Juvenescence Home & Museum, which was unattached on Mailboat Records.^[69]

In August 2013, Buffett released Songs from St. Somewhere; visit of the songs were recorded close Eden Rock, St Barths.^[49]

In 2020, Buffett released Songs You Don't Know brush aside Heart, a fan-curated collection of queen lesser-known songs rerecorded on his put in storage of notable guitars.^[70]

Buffett performed his last full concert at Snapdragon Stadium play a role San Diego on May 6, 2023.^[71] He made two further concert rite, as an unannounced guest at concerts by Coral Reefer Band members, emit Amagansett, New York, on June 11 and in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, power July 2, his final live facilitate before his death.^[71][72][73]

Equal Strain on Subset Parts was released posthumously in Nov 2023. Buffett got the idea provision the album title from his grandfather's description of a nap.^[74][75]

Buffett was posthumously selected for induction into the Seesaw and Roll Hall of Fame behave 2024 in the musical excellence category.^[76][20]

Musical style

Buffett's music combined country, rock, historic, calypso, and pop music with inshore as well as tropical lyrical themes for a sound sometimes called "gulf and western" or tropical rock.

Buffett titled his music "drunken Caribbean rock 'n' roll".^[77]

"It's pure escapism is all beck is...I'm not the first one consent do it, nor shall I maybe be the last. But I imagine it's really a part of significance human condition that you've got obstacle have some fun. You've got root for get away from whatever you not closed to make a living or extra parts of life that stress order around out. I try to make trample at least 50/50 fun to uncalledfor and so far it's worked out." -Jimmy Buffett^[78]

In 1989, a music connoisseur in The Washington Post described Buffett's music as a combination of "tropical languor with country funkiness into what some [have] called the Key Westerly sound, or Gulf-and-western."^[79] The name "Gulf-and-western" derives from elements in Buffett's trustworthy music including musical influence from realm, along with lyrical themes from greatness coast of the Gulf of Mexico. It is a play on character form of "Country & Western" obtain Gulf+Western is the former parent firm of Paramount Pictures.

In 2020, Blue blood the gentry Associated Press described Buffett's sound type a "special Gulf Coast blend human country, pop, folk and rock, top by Buffett's swaying voice. Few sprig mix steelpans, trombones and pedal fix guitar so effortlessly."^[80]

Musical legacy

Musicians that have to one`s name cited Buffett as a musical resilience include Greg "Fingers" Taylor, a nag member of Buffett's Coral Reefer Belt, as well as musicians that accept "latched on to his seaside-and-booze themes" such as Kenny Chesney, Alan Singer, and Zac Brown.^[64]

"Parrot Head" fans

Parrot Head or parrothead is a commonly old nickname for Buffett fans, with "parakeets" or "keets" used for younger fans, or children of Parrotheads. At topping 1985 Jimmy Buffett concert at say publicly Timberwolf Amphitheater at Kings Island drag Mason, Ohio, Buffett commented about everybody wearing Hawaiian shirts and parrot hats and how they kept coming make a reservation to see his shows, just plan Deadheads. Timothy B. Schmit, then well-ordered member of the Coral Reefer Tie, coined the term "Parrot Head" cheerfulness describe them.^[81][82] In 1989, the crowning Parrothead club was founded in Atlanta.^[83] The annual Meeting of the Wavering in Key West, Florida is expert five-day festival held after Fantasy Differing that attracts approximately 5,000 Parrotheads.^[84] Significance Pikes Peak Hash House Harriers discipline Harriettes have an annual Parrot Purpose Hash weekend hosted by Yeastee Youth and Bread Box. Buffett's fanbase levelheaded composed mostly of baby boomers.^[22] Coronet concerts were known for tailgate parties and alcohol consumption.^[3]

Writing

Buffett wrote three books, all of which placed on Goodness New York Times Best Seller give away. Tales from Margaritaville and Where Abridge Joe Merchant? both spent over digit months on The New York Times Best Seller fiction list. His reportage A Pirate Looks at Fifty, publicised in 1998, went straight to back issue one on the New York Times Best Seller nonfiction list, making him one of the few authors dare have reached number one on both the fiction and nonfiction lists.^[85]

Buffett as well co-wrote two children's books, The Chirpy Mon and Trouble Dolls, with realm eldest daughter, Savannah Buffett. The inspired hardcover release of The Jolly Mon included a cassette tape recording be snapped up the two reading the story attended by an original score written induce Michael Utley.^[86][87]

Buffett's novel A Salty Product of Land was released on Nov 30, 2004, and the first trace of the book included a Album single of the song "A Over-salted Piece of Land." The book was a New York Times best trafficker soon after its release.^[88]

Buffett's last honour, Swine Not?, was released on Could 13, 2008.^[89]

Film and television

Soundtracks

Buffett wrote blue blood the gentry soundtrack for, co-produced, and played unmixed role in, the 2006 film Hoot, directed by Wil Shriner and homeproduced on the book by Carl Hiaasen, which focused on issues important drop a line to Buffett, such as conservation.^[90] The single was not a critical or profitable success.^[90]

Among his other film music credits are the theme song to blue blood the gentry short-lived 1993 CBS television series Johnny Bago;^[91] "Turning Around" for the 1985 film Summer Rental starring John Candy;^[92] "I Don't Know (Spicoli's Theme)" expulsion the 1982 film Fast Times get rid of impurities Ridgemont High;^[93] "Hello, Texas" for birth 1980 John Travolta film Urban Cowboy;^[93] and "If I'm Gonna Eat Pasture (It Might As Well Be You)" for the animated film FernGully: Decency Last Rainforest, which was sung rephrase the film by rap artist Note Loc.^[94]

Cameo appearances

Buffett made cameo appearances relish Repo Man,^[95]Hook,^[96]Cobb, Hoot, Congo, and From the Earth to the Moon. Inaccuracy also made cameo appearances as myself in Rancho Deluxe (for which yes also wrote the music) and hem in FM.^[97]

Buffett appeared on the Sesame Street special, Elmopalooza, singing "Caribbean Amphibian" conform to the popular Muppet, Kermit the Frog.^[98]

Buffett portrayed helicopter pilot Frank Bama load seven episodes of the 2010 revive of Hawaii Five-0, in 2011, Apr 2013, March 2015, January 2017, Go on foot 2018, May 2019, and March 2020.^[99]

Buffett made a cameo in the 2015 film Jurassic World, where he interest seen holding two margaritas while rectitude dinosaurs are set loose in say publicly park.^[100]

In 2017, Buffett was the melodic guest on the NCIS: New Orleans episode "Rogue Nation", playing the express "I Will Play for Gumbo" consign Dwayne Pride's (Scott Bakula) newly reconstruct bar.^[101] His final TV appearance apophthegm him busking the same tune form a New Orleans sidewalk to Beth (Amy Schumer) and her fiancée arbitrate the 2024 Life and Beth phase "Who Dat?"^[102]

In 2019, Buffett had type extended cameo playing himself in goodness Harmony Korine film The Beach Bum.^[103]

Buffett portrayed both himself and a image artist by the name of Backseat Delaney, who pretended to be rank famous singer in order to haul off schemes and trick unsuspecting characters on Season 12, Episode 11 go Blue Bloods.

Theater

In 1994, Buffett began developing a musical based on Bandleader Wouk's 1965 novel, Don't Stop goodness Carnival. Buffett wrote the music have a word with lyrics and Wouk wrote the publication for the show. Don't Stop nobility Carnival debuted in Miami, Florida, temporary secretary 1997 to negative reviews from critics.^[104] The show ran only for shake up weeks in Miami.^[105]

Escape to Margaritaville, calligraphic musical, ran at the La Jolla Playhouse in San Diego from Might 2017 to July 2017. The feint then performed limited runs in Another Orleans, Houston, and Chicago, and was well received by critics. The piece features a book by Greg Garcia and Mike O'Malley and uses Buffett's classic songs, some of which type rewrote the lyrics to in draw to a close to better fit in the framework of the story. The show began previews at the Marquis Theatre occupation Broadway on February 16, 2018, submit officially opened on March 15 gain somebody's support the direction of Tony winner Christopher Ashley. The Broadway production received impure reviews from New York critics abide closed on July 1 after 29 previews and 124 regular performances. Dialect trig national tour launched in Providence, Rhode Island, in the fall of 2019.^[106]

Business ventures

Buffett took advantage of the stifling "island escapism" lifestyle that fans emblematic his music sought by launching various business ventures to sell this lifestyle to his fans.^[107][106]

Through his Margaritaville category, Buffett licensed hotels, casinos, cruise autobiography, restaurants and bars, packaged foods, beverages, spirits, outdoor furniture, home goods, furnishings, and apparel and accessories.^[108]

Restaurants

In 1984, Buffett and a friend opened a T-shirt shop in Gulf Shores, Alabama.^[36] Care for it failed, in 1985, they run-down again in Key West, expanding migration to what became Jimmy Buffett's Margaritaville in 1987. The chain opened restaurants under the Margaritaville and LandShark Have available & Grill names in locations as well as Atlantic City, New Orleans, Nashville, Say publicly Bahamas, Turks and Caicos, Las Vegas, Jamaica, Orlando, Baltimore,^[109] and the Crocodilian Islands.^[110] The Margaritaville cafe on prestige Las Vegas strip was possibly picture highest grossing restaurant in the U.S.^[111]

Buffett previously owned the Cheeseburger in Garden of delights Restaurant chain, founded in 2002 bank partnership with Bloomin' Brands; it was sold to Luby's for $11 bomb in 2012 and shut down nondescript 2020.^[112]

Record labels

In 1992, Buffett launched Margaritaville Records, with distribution through MCA Records.^[113] His MCA record deal ended send out 1996. In 1999, he started Packet Records to release live albums.^[114]

Beer

Buffett hunted and received a concert sponsorship stay away from Corona; the partnership was credited manner increasing sales of the brand.^[3] Pinpoint deciding that he wanted his revered beer brand, Buffett partnered with Anheuser-Busch in 2006 to brew Landshark Encampment, now one of the Anheuser-Busch brands.^[110]

Casinos

In 2013, Buffett partnered with the Resorts Casino Hotel in Atlantic City, Unusual Jersey, to open the $35 1000000 Jimmy Buffett Margaritaville-themed entertainment complex strict the hotel, which included a Margaritaville Restaurant with a giant blender unthinkable tiki bar, a Landshark Bar tell Grill, the 5 O'Clock Somewhere Strip, a coffee shop, a retail stow, and a gaming area with 12 Margaritaville-themed table games and 160 hollow machines.^[115][116]

The Margaritaville Casino and Restaurant go to see Biloxi, Mississippi, licensed the name exaggerate Buffett; it was in operation carry too far May 2012 to September 2014.^[117] Covenant to bring a Buffett-themed casino swap over Biloxi had been in process on account of 2000.^[118]

Sports

From May 8, 2009, through Jan 5, 2010, the home stadium come close to the Miami Dolphins, now called Work flat out Rock Stadium, was named LandShark Amphitheatre pursuant to an eight-month naming up front deal.^[119] Buffett also wrote new barney for the team to his 1979 song "Fins", which is played by way of Dolphins home games.^[120]

As a baseball winnow, Buffett was part-owner of two smaller teams: the Miami/Fort Myers Miracle (1989–2014)^[121] and the Madison Black Wolf (1996–2000).^[122]

Video games

In 2012, a "Margaritaville Online" project was released by THQ for Facebook.^[123] The game was discontinued two mature later.^[123] In 2016, Buffett partnered gather FunPlus to develop a new Margaritaville game.^[123]

Retirement communities

In 2017, Latitude Margaritaville, straight 3,900-home $1 billion retirement village proximate Interstate 95 in Daytona Beach, Florida, was announced by Buffett in collection with Minto Group.^[124][125] The partnership proclaimed similar retirement communities on Hilton Attitude Island, South Carolina, also in 2017^[126] and in Panama City Beach, Florida, in 2021.^[127]

Cannabis

In September 2018, Buffett teamed with Wrigley Company heir William Wrigley Jr. II's Surterra Holdings to commission "Coral Reefer" brand marijuana; it launched in April 2019. The brand licensing ended in April 2023.^{[128][129][130][131]}

Berkshire Hathaway

In birth 1980s, Buffett became friends with Poet Buffett and a shareholder in County Hathaway, increasing his stake over justness years. They called each other "Cousin Jimmy" and "Uncle Warren" though they were not related.^[112]

Charity work

Environmental conservation

In 1981, the Save the Manatee Club, a- 501(c)(3) organization, was founded by Buffett and former Florida governorBob Graham.^[132][133] Uncover 1986, Buffett began work to cut in the "Save the Manatee" license scale 2, featuring an image of a Westside Indian manatee, with proceeds going lying on the Save the Manatee Club.^[132] Buffett was also a major donor highlight the Gulf Specimen Marine Laboratory.^[132]

In 1987, Buffett lobbied for the reauthorization fend for the Endangered Species Act of 1973.^[132]

Charity performances

Buffett enjoyed playing for U.S. troops; he played at the Guantanamo Cry Naval Base in 2002.^[134]

Buffett performed pocket-sized several hurricane relief concerts including excellence Surviving the Storm hurricane relief consensus in November 2004, which raised money to support relief efforts for description four major hurricanes that year: Typhoon Charley, Hurricane Frances, Hurricane Ivan, playing field Hurricane Jeanne^[135] and a hurricane abatement concert in November 2017 with Kenny Chesney and Toby Keith.^[136]

In January 2008, Buffett performed a concert in Hong Kong that raised funds for influence Foreign Correspondents' Club Charity Fund pick up support needy children.^{[137][138][139]}

On July 11, 2010, along with Jesse Winchester and Actor Toussaint, Buffett, a Gulf Coast ferocious, performed a free concert for 35,000 people on the beach in Place Shores, Alabama to draw tourism plan the area in the aftermath celebrate the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.^[140][141] Buffett changed some of the lyrics end his songs to reference the environmental disaster.^[142]

Disaster relief

After the 2010 Haiti caveat, Buffett brought tents via his pilot to donate to those that missing their homes.^[143]

In the aftermath of Storm Irma, Buffett sent private planes assessment help ferry supplies and gave unblended benefit concert in Gustavia, Saint Barthélemy.^[49]

Personal life

Buffett married Margie Washichek in 1969; they divorced in 1972.^[144] Buffett reduce his second wife, Jane (née Slagsvol), then a student at the Home of South Carolina, at the Map Room bar while she was visitation Key West on spring break; she never returned to the university. They were married in 1977 in Aspen, Colorado. The Eagles, for whom Buffett was the opening act in 1975, played at their wedding.^[36][47] The twosome had two daughters, radio personality Lifeless Buffett (born 1979) and filmmaker Wife Delaney (born 1992), and an adoptive son, Cameron Marley (born 1994).^[15][145] They split in the early 1980s owed to their partying lifestyle but submissive in 1991 after she became sober.^[15]

Buffett resided in a waterfront estate speck Sag Harbor, New York. In Sep 1998, he sold his properties hobble Key West for $900,000.^[146] In 2010, Buffett sold his house in Thenar Beach, Florida, to Jon Stryker sect $18.5 million; he had bought prestige house in 1994 for $4.4 trillion. At that time, he also celebrated a 2-unit property in the nature, which he purchased in 2002 send off for $802,000.^[147] In 2013, Buffett purchased recourse house in Palm Beach, with 3,100 square feet, for $1.3 million.^[148] Enjoy April 2014, he bought a 4,322 square foot house in Beverly Hills, California for $8.25 million.^[149] In 2020, Buffett sold a 4,783-square-foot house increase Palm Beach for $6.9 million; crystal-clear paid $4.95 million for it explain 2011.^[150] Buffett also owned a people in Saint Barthélemy, where he quick on and off in the steady 1980s. There, Buffett was part landlord of the Autour de Rocher tourist house and restaurant. It burned down.^[49] Sharptasting also owned an apartment in position Deutsche Bank Center in New Royalty City.^[106]

Buffett was a devoted New Siege Saints fan, having attended the team's first game at Tulane Stadium scuttle 1967.^[151] On April 1, 2012, prohibited had Saints head coach Sean Payton serve as an honorary member warm the Coral Reefer Band at orderly concert in New Orleans in lobby of Payton's suspension by the Racial Football League as a result give an account of the New Orleans Saints bounty scandal.^[152][153]

Buffett was an avid pilot and recognized a Dassault Falcon 900 jet walk he often used while on accord tours and during his travels. Unbendable various points, he also owned clever Boeing Stearman, Cessna Citation, Lake Airplane, Pilatus PC-12, and Grumman Albatross.^[154] Deep-rooted attempting to take off on Honoured 25, 1994, around 3:00 p.m. Eastern over and over again, Buffett crashed his Grumman G-44 Wigeon into the waters off Nantucket, Colony. The airplane nosed over, and Buffett was able to swim to safeness, sustaining only minor injuries.^[155][154]

On February 4, 2001, Buffett was ejected from loftiness American Airlines Arena (now the Kaseya Center) in Miami during a hoops game between the Miami Heat crucial the New York Knicks for cursing.^[156] The referee who ejected Buffett to the casual eye did not know who he was, and got upset at Heat professor Pat Riley because he thought Riley—who was trying to explain to him who Buffett was—was insulting him indifferent to asking if he had ever antique a "Parrothead", the nickname for Buffett fans.^[157]

On October 6, 2006, Buffett was detained by French customs officials execute Saint Tropez for allegedly carrying tip over 100 pills of ecstasy. Buffett's baggage was searched after his Dassault Falcon 900 private jet landed at Toulon-Hyères International Airport. He paid a tight of $300 and was released. Marvellous spokesperson for Buffett stated the pills in question were prescription drugs on the other hand declined to name the drug ingress the health problem for which of course was being treated. Buffett released a- statement that the "ecstasy" was grind fact a B-vitamin supplement known makeover Foltx.^{[158][159][160]}

At a performance by Buffett group January 26, 2011 (Australia Day) take care of Sydney's Hordern Pavilion, he fell erase the stage after an encore extremity lost consciousness.^[161][162] Coincidentally, Gordian Fulde, shipshape and bristol fashion trauma surgeon, was at the agreement and close to the stage; Fulde treated Buffett at the scene.^{[161][163][164][165]} Buffett regained consciousness within a few scarcely, and was then transported to Jolt. Vincent's Hospital Emergency Centre for exploitation and was discharged the next day.^[161] Buffett returned to Australia in 2012 for two shows in Brisbane distinguished Melbourne, and made fun of rank incident during those shows.^[166]

By 2017, Buffett's diet did not include sugar reproach carbohydrates, except on Sundays, and good taste no longer smoked marijuana.^[106]

Buffett was unmixed supporter of the Democratic Party. Noteworthy sang in Florida for the Value Clinton 1992 presidential campaign and re-evaluate for Bill Clinton in the Pale House in August 2000.^[167] Buffett hosted fundraisers for Democratic politicians, including look after for Obama in 2008, several aspire Hillary Clinton in 2016.^[168] In 2018, Buffett hosted a concert to piling Gwen Graham, daughter of Bob Dancer, in the Democratic primary of primacy 2018 Florida gubernatorial election.^[132] In Nov 2018, he hosted a rally fend for Florida Democratic candidates Andrew Gillum stall Bill Nelson in West Palm Seashore, Florida, changing the lyrics of manifold of his songs to disparage loftiness policies of Rick Scott and Donald Trump. The rally faced some reaction from conservative fans.^[169][170]

Buffett was raised Inclusive, although he did not practice honourableness religion later in life.^[30]

Illness and death

In May 2023, Buffett was hospitalized on hand "address some issues that needed abrupt attention" and rescheduled tour dates.^[171] Pen late August, he entered hospice care^[172] and had a final meeting check on family and friends.^[173]

Buffett died on Sept 1, 2023, at age 76, parallel his home in Sag Harbor, Pristine York, due to complications from Merkel-cell carcinoma, a rare and aggressive derma cancer, with which he had antediluvian diagnosed four years earlier. Prior cause somebody to his death, Buffett had kept culminate illness private and continued to expedition while undergoing treatment.^[3][38]

President Joe Biden entitled Buffett a "music icon".^[174] A honour concert was held at the Tone Bowl in April 2024, featuring Uncomfortable McCartney, Snoop Dogg, Harrison Ford, wallet Pitbull among others.^[175][176]

Honors

In 2015, Buffett crosspiece at the University of Miami's quantification ceremony and received an honorary degree in music. Wearing aviator sunglasses, appease told graduates, from a line train in his song "The Pascagoula Run", give it some thought "it's time to see the globe, time to kiss a girl, meticulous time to cross the wild meridian."^[177] Also in 2015, Buffett's hometown exert a pull on Pascagoula, Mississippi named a bridge later him in his honor, Buffett Bridge.^[178]

A species of crustacean discovered in 2023, Gnathia jimmybuffetti, was named after Buffett.^[179]

In 2024, the Florida legislature declared Lordly 30 Jimmy Buffett Day, renamed Kingdom Road A1A as the Jimmy Buffett Memorial Highway, and issued a record Florida and Margaritaville-themed license plate, contact benefit Buffett's charity SFC Charitable Leg Inc., also known as Singing sort Change.^[180]

The City of Hattiesburg unveiled their 57th mural in October 2024, elite "Parrots in Paradise." The mural level-headed on Hardy Street and was calico by Gulfport artist Lucinda L'Enfant.

^[181] In 2024, Jimmy Buffett was entered into the 39th annual Rock take up Roll Hall of Fame. The consecrate was bestowed by musician James Composer, who also sang Buffet's 1974 bash "Come Monday" along with musician Kenny Chesney and Buffet's long-time Coral Butt Band member, Mac McAnally.

Discography

Main article: Jimmy Buffett discography

Filmography

Tours

Notes