Legendary Detroit musician Sixto Rodriguez has died at the age of 81. As we read on fox2detroit.com, the artist’s daughter confirmed the information. The sad news also appeared on the artist’s official social media profile.
Sixto Rodriguez is dead. The hero of the film “Sugar Man” was 81 years old
The guitarist was born in 1942 in Detroit in a family of Mexican immigrants. It gained immense popularity in the 1960s, but not in the United States, where it comes from. His music reached South Africa, where he sold more records than Elvis Presley, and the people of the country simply adored him.
In 1970, the artist released the album “Cold Fact”, and a year later he published “Coming from Reality”. After that, he was not heard from for a long time. Until 2012, when the documentary “Sugar Man” was made about this extraordinary character, who was predicted a great career.
“He was like Bob Dylan or Jimi Hendrix.” The hero of the movie “Sugar Man” has died
“For us in South Africa, Rodriguez was like Bob Dylan or Jimi Hendrix for America,” said one of the fans in the film about the musician. Rodriguez’s work helped South Africans fight for their rights.
Malik Bendjelloul won an Oscar for a film about the extraordinary story of a Detroit artist. The picture became an international success and another chance from fate for Rodriguez, who returned to acting. The artist has toured around the world over the years, and the film’s soundtrack went gold in Australia, France, the Netherlands, New Zealand and the UK. In Poland, the album has platinum status, as in Sweden.
Source: Gazeta
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