Jimmy Buffett: Margaritaville singer dies aged 76

US singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett, champion known for his 1970's deed Margaritaville, has died aged 76.

"Jimmy passed distant peacefully connected the nighttime of September 1 surrounded by his family, friends, euphony and dogs," said a connection connected his website.

"He lived his beingness similar a opus till the precise past enactment and volition beryllium missed beyond measurement by truthful many."

The origin of Buffett's decease was not fixed but helium had spent clip successful infirmary successful caller months.

Buffett was calved successful the US authorities of Mississippi but was raised successful neighbouring Alabama earlier moving to Nashville, Tennessee. He worked for the euphony and amusement mag Billboard, with the imagination of making it arsenic a state singer.

He aboriginal moved to Florida, wherever helium helped to make the tropical stone genre, which would aboriginal go much mainstream acknowledgment to artists specified arsenic Jack Johnson.

Buffett made his philharmonic breakthrough with his 1977 medium Changes successful Latitudes, Changes successful Attitudes, which included the opus Margaritaville.

His different hits see Fins, Come Monday and Son of a Son of a Sailor.

Buffett was nominated for 2 Grammy awards and was a prolific creator - releasing much than 30 albums. Earlier this twelvemonth helium revealed that helium had recorded a caller work.

His songs were besides turned into a musical, Escape to Margaritaville, which made its Broadway debut successful 2018.

Buffett's euphony and the "beach bum" manner helium promoted earned him a devoted pursuing of millions of fans who notation to themselves arsenic Parrotheads.

"RIP to the troubadour of my youth," wrote 1 Parrothead connected X, formerly known arsenic Twitter.

"So galore large memories astatine Jimmy's shows. This is simply a hard one," said another.

Up until recently, Buffett inactive performed regularly with his Coral Reefer Band but had to cancel shows aft being hospitalised successful May.

In a station connected Facebook, helium promised to marque it up to fans erstwhile helium was "in shape".

"I deliberation playing is arsenic therapeutic for maine arsenic it is for fans to perceive and sing along," helium said.

As good arsenic a musician, Buffett was a best-selling writer and entrepreneur who opened up a drawstring of fashionable resorts, clubs. restaurants, merchandise shops and status communities based connected the Margaritaville brand.

His nett worthy was estimated by Forces to beryllium $1bn (£794m), according to figures released this month.