Singer-songwriter Sixto Rodriguez, who was catapulted from Detroit obscurity to global acclaim through the Oscar-winning documentary “Searching for Sugar Man,” has died at 81.
Rodriguez passed away Tuesday evening, his daughter told the Detroit Free Press on Wednesday morning.
The musician had been frail and in declining health, associates said, though he was on hand in July for an 81st birthday celebration at Cadieux Cafe on Detroit’s east side, which included tributes from members of the Romantics, Sponge and other hometown acts.
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