Jimmy Buffett died of pores and skin most cancers at his dwelling in Sag Harbor, N.Y., on Lengthy Island, in accordance with a assertion on the singer-songwriter’s web site.

After Mr. Buffett died on Friday at age 76, his website introduced the loss of life however didn’t give a trigger or specify the place he died. In an replace over the weekend, the web site mentioned that he had Merkel cell carcinoma for 4 years. A uncommon and aggressive type of pores and skin most cancers, Merkel cell is recognized solely about 2,500 occasions a yr in america, and till current years it had carried a life expectancy of 5 months.

Mr. Buffett’s Nineteen Seventies hits like “Margaritaville” and “Cheeseburger in Paradise,” which mingled country-rock with bits of calypso melodies and had wry lyrics in regards to the carefree life of cruising and loafing at beachside bars, made him a cult hero on an enormous scale.

He offered not less than 23 million albums in america alone, in accordance with the Recording Business Affiliation of America, on par with Jimi Hendrix and the Beastie Boys. And Mr. Buffett’s annual excursions — through which he normally appeared barefoot, in a comfortable T-shirt or Hawaiian button-down — have been massively profitable, drawing thousands and thousands of followers who sang alongside, drank prodigiously and referred to as themselves Parrot Heads.

Mr. Buffett was considered one of pop music’s most profitable and bold businessmen, constructing an enormous empire on the model of fine occasions and island escapism that he sang about in his songs. That included Margaritaville eating places and resorts, footwear, drink mixes and a 2018 Broadway jukebox musical, “Escape to Margaritaville.”

This yr, Forbes estimated his internet value at $1 billion, with $570 million attributed to his excursions and recording and $140 million in planes, properties and his shares in Berkshire Hathaway — the holding firm whose chairman and CEO is multibillionaire investor Warren Buffett, who had been a longtime buddy.