Jimmy Buffett privately fought a long fitness struggle previous to his death.

The mythical musician, highest recognized for his unmarried “Margaritaville,” passed away Sept. 1 at age 76 at his house in Sag Harbor, Lengthy Island, week surrounded through population and buddies. Earlier than he died, Buffett fought Merkel Mobile Pores and skin Most cancers for 4 years, in keeping with an obituary posted on his website.

However the singer-songwriter didn’t let his infection forbid him from doing what he cherished. “He continued to perform during treatment,” the site said, “playing his last show, a surprise appearance in Rhode Island, in early July.”

Not up to two months next he used to be hospitalized for what he described on X (previously referred to as Twitter) as “issues that needed immediate attention,” the celebrity had joined nation singer Mac McAnally, a member of his backing crew The Coral Reefer Band, onstage at his out of doors display on the Sundown Cove waterfront bar July 2.