US musician Sixto Diaz Rodriguez, best known for his song 'Sugarman', has died.
It is with great sadness that we announce that Sixto Diaz Rodriguez has passed away earlier today. We extend our most heartfelt condolences to his daughters — Sandra, Eva and Regan — and to all his family.”The folk-rock star came to South Africa for several shows after a 2012 Oscar award-winning documentary,, which details the efforts in the late 1990s of two Cape Town fans to find out whether his then-rumoured death was true.
His music became very popular in South Africa, with his shows selling out in minutes in nine different arenas in 2013.“massive artist” in the South African context. “To call Rodriguez a has-been is silly. In the [folk-rock] genre he is their One Direction,” he said. After the documentary won an Oscar for Best Documentary Feature, film producer Anant Singh described it as an “inspiration”.
“What’s really amazing is that this somewhat forgotten star is now back in the public eye, largely because of what he meant to his South African fans,” Singh said at the time.Singh said it was sad that Rodriguez was a “sensation” in South Africa, but was oblivious to his fame, until the documentary was made.
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