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  • 10-3-39 Jimmie departs this earthly plane

    From floaterjr@21:1/5 to All on Sat Sep 2 02:48:41 2023
    https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2023/09/02/jimmy-buffett-margaritaville-singer-dead/

    I'll miss the spirit of Mr. Buffett 's music.

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  • From Con Reeder, unhyphenated American@21:1/5 to floaterjr on Sat Sep 2 11:16:59 2023
    On 2023-09-02, floaterjr <gpgmga@gmail.com> wrote:
    https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2023/09/02/jimmy-buffett-margaritaville-singer-dead/

    I'll miss the spirit of Mr. Buffett 's music.

    Damn. Stepped on a pop-top.

    One of my brushes with fame -- he attended a party of mine in Champaign in 1974.

    --
    Any man who is under 30, and is not liberal, has not heart; and any man
    who is over 30, and is not a conservative, has not brains.
    -- unknown, often falsely attributed to Winston Churchill

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  • From Corky@21:1/5 to All on Sat Sep 2 08:20:49 2023
    I never would've thought Fingers Taylor would outlive Jimbo.

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  • From mercellusb@21:1/5 to floaterjr on Sat Sep 2 09:54:41 2023
    On Saturday, September 2, 2023 at 4:48:44 AM UTC-5, floaterjr wrote:
    https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2023/09/02/jimmy-buffett-margaritaville-singer-dead/

    I'll miss the spirit of Mr. Buffett 's music.

    Guess he won’t be doing a Labor Day weekend show.

    RIP Jimmy

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  • From irishranger317@gmail.com@21:1/5 to floaterjr on Mon Sep 4 08:24:19 2023
    On Saturday, September 2, 2023 at 5:48:44 AM UTC-4, floaterjr wrote:
    https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2023/09/02/jimmy-buffett-margaritaville-singer-dead/

    I'll miss the spirit of Mr. Buffett 's music.

    Jimmy Buffett was hugely popular, had a net worth of a $Billion
    dollars but never had a #1 rated song. In fact, his highest rated
    song was "Margaritaville" which reached the #8 spot.

    R.I.P.

    Irish Mike

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  • From xyzzy@21:1/5 to irishranger317@gmail.com on Mon Sep 4 16:52:37 2023
    irishranger317@gmail.com <irishranger317@gmail.com> wrote:
    On Saturday, September 2, 2023 at 5:48:44 AM UTC-4, floaterjr wrote:
    https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2023/09/02/jimmy-buffett-margaritaville-singer-dead/


    I'll miss the spirit of Mr. Buffett 's music.

    Jimmy Buffett was hugely popular, had a net worth of a $Billion
    dollars but never had a #1 rated song. In fact, his highest rated
    song was "Margaritaville" which reached the #8 spot.

    R.I.P.

    Irish Mike


    While he certainly made a lot of money from his music I don’t think the
    kinds of things that push songs up the charts like record sales and radio
    play were a significant part of his wealth. The dude was a major
    entrepreneur, always touring, and had so many themed businesses from restaurants to retirement communities… yes really, I know someone who lives in “Latitude Margaritaville Hilton Head”.

    I like Buffet (who doesn’t) but I think I would get tired of him pretty quickly if I lived in a development themed around him.

    One funny thing I saw was an AI screw-up. A news aggregator had the
    headline that Jimmy Buffet was worth a billion, but the picture they used
    was of Warren Buffet. Heh!

    --
    “I usually skip over your posts because of your disguistng, contrarian, liberal personality.” — Altie

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