James William Buffett (December 25, 1946 – September 1, 2023) was an American musician and singer-songwriter.
Buffett was born on December 25, 1946, in Pascagoula, Mississippi, and spent part of his childhood in Mobile and Fairhope, Alabama. He was the son of Mary Lorraine (née Peets) (died September 25, 2003) and James Delaney Buffett, Jr. (died May 1, 2003) who worked for the United States Army Corps of Engineers. He has two younger siblings, Laurie (born 1948) and Lucy (born 1953).
Buffett married Margie Washichek in 1969; they divorced in 1972. Buffett met his second wife, Jane (née Slagsvol), then a student from the University of South Carolina. They were married in 1977 in Aspen, Colorado. The Eagles, for whom Buffett was the opening act in 1975, played at the wedding. They had two daughters: radio personality Savannah Buffett (born 1979) and filmmaker Sarah Delaney (born 1992), and an adopted son, Cameron Marley (born 1994). They split in the early 1980's due to their partying lifestyle but reconciled in 1991 after she got sober.
In May 2023, Buffett was hospitalized to "address some issues that needed immediate attention" and rescheduled tour dates. In late August, he entered hospice care and had a final meeting with family and friends, in which his last words to his sister were "have fun". Buffett died on September 1, 2023, age 76, at his home in Sag Harbor, New York, due to complications from Merkel-cell carcinoma, a rare and aggressive skin cancer, with which he had been diagnosed four years earlier. He was surrounded by his family, friends, music, and dogs at the time of his death.
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James William "Jimmy" Buffett was born on 25 Dec 1946 in Pascagoula, Jackson, Mississippi (son of James Delaney "JD" Buffett, Jr. and Mary Loraine "Peets" Peets); died on 1 Sep 2023 in Sag Harbor, Suffolk, New York. 