Jimmy Buffett

I admire Jimmy Buffett less as a musician than as the architect of a feeling. Margaritaville was just one song, yet he turned it into an entire philosophy — island escapism as a viable way to live. Born on Christmas Day in a Mississippi shipyard town, he understood the longing for somewhere warmer, and he sold that longing honestly, with wit and a wink. Add novelist, pilot, and shrewd businessman to the résumé and you get a rare creature: a laid-back beach bum who out-hustled almost everyone. Since his passing in 2023, summer has felt slightly quieter to me.

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Name (English)

Jimmy Buffett

Name (Japanese)

ジミー・バフェット

Reading

じみー・ばふぇっと

Born

December 25, 1946 – September 1, 2023

Origin

Pascagoula, Mississippi, United States

Occupation

singer / writer / novelist / aircraft pilot / singer-songwriter

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Dog

High school

McGill-Toolen Catholic High School

University

Auburn University

Awards & achievements

• Florida Artists Hall of Fame
• 2015 honorary doctor of the University of Miami

Filmography / notable works

• Official sitehttps://www.margaritaville.com
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/jimmybuffett/
• Xhttps://x.com/jimmybuffett
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy%20Buffett
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%9F%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%90%E3%83%95%E3%82%A7%E3%83%83%E3%83%88
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q726071

Tags

• Mississippi
• singer
• writer
• novelist

Last updated

September 18, 2026

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.