Rodriguez, the singer-songwriter whose unlikely career was the subject of Oscar-winning documentary Searching for Sugar Man, has died at 81.
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The news was announced on his official site with his cause of death unknown.
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“It is with great sadness that we at Sugarman.org announce that Sixto Diaz Rodriguez has passed away earlier today,”
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“We extend our most heartfelt condolences to his daughters – Sandra, Eva and Regan – and to all his family.
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The Michigan-born musician had struggled to sell many copies of his first two albums in the US in the 1970s and so quit to take on manual work.
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But his music gained popularity elsewhere in places such as Botswana, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand.
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His cult popularity in Australia led to a 1979 tour of the continent while in South Africa
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It wasn’t until 1997 that he discovered his fame in South Africa after his daughter found information online.
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