Sixto Rodriguez, singer-songwriter of 'Searching for Sugar Man' doc, is dead at 81
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Sixto Rodriguez, the musician whose story was documented in the film Searching for Sugar Man, has died at 81. He had minor success in the U.S., but was surprised to learn his music was a hit abroad.
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DETROIT — Sixto Rodriguez, who lived in obscurity as his music career flamed out early in the U.S. only to find success in South Africa and a stardom he was unaware of, died Tuesday in Detroit. He was 81. Rodriguez’s legacy would take off back home after the singer and
Detroit singer-songwriter, a flop in the US but (unbeknown to him) a huge star in South Africa, was 'discovered' and then immortalized in Oscar-winning 'Searching for Sugar Man'
The American singer and songwriter never broke through in the U.S., but became an unlikely star in South Africa and the subject of an Oscar-winning documentary.
Sixto Rodriguez, the once obscure American singer-songwriter who found a career renaissance after his music developed a cult following abroad, has died at the age of 81, according to his website.
Singer and songwriter Sixto Rodriguez, who was the subject of the Oscar-winning documentary “Searching for Sugarman,” died at 81 following a short illness.
Rodriguez, the singer-songwriter whose improbable, stranger-than-fiction career was surveyed in the Oscar-winning 2012 documentary “Searching For Sugar Man,” died on August 9. He was 81. The news w…
Sixto Rodriguez, the once obscure American singer-songwriter who enjoyed a career renaissance after his music developed a cult following abroad, has died at the age of 81.
The Detroit-born singer-songwriter found success in South Africa, Australia and New Zealand before becoming the subject of the Oscar-winning documentary.
Rodriguez, who was the subject of an Acadamy Award-winning documentary called “Searching for Sugar Man" back in 2012, was born 1942 as the sixth child. After launching his career in 1967, he would eventually find more success overseas.
Sixto Diaz Rodriguez, the Detroit singer-songwriter whose unusual rise to fame was documented in the Oscar-winning documentary “Searching for Sugar Man,” has died. He was 81.
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