In addition to his music career, Buffett built a tropical-themed business empire that included a restaurant franchise, a hotel chain, and boutique tequila, T-shirt, and footwear lines, making him a millionaire hundreds of times over. He was also an accomplished author, one of only six writers to top both The Times’s fiction and nonfiction best-seller lists. Buffett continued to tour and record into the 2020s and also wrote music for movies and appeared in films and television shows. He is survived by his wife, two daughters, a son, two grandsons, and two sisters.
Key takeaways:
- Jimmy Buffett, the singer, songwriter, and entrepreneur known for his island escapism songs like “Margaritaville” and “Cheeseburger in Paradise,” has died at the age of 76.
- Buffett's music, often described as “Gulf and western,” was inspired by the Caribbean and the Gulf Coast, particularly Key West, Florida, which greatly influenced his laid-back lifestyle and songwriting.
- Aside from his music career, Buffett built a tropical-themed business empire that included a restaurant franchise, a hotel chain, and boutique tequila, T-shirt, and footwear lines, making him a millionaire hundreds of times over.
- Buffett was also an accomplished author, one of only six writers to top both The Times’s fiction and nonfiction best-seller lists, and he continued to tour and record music into the 2020s.