{"id":2021428,"date":"2023-09-04T13:29:17","date_gmt":"2023-09-04T17:29:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/remembering-jimmy-buffett-parrot-heads-descend-on-key-west-to-honor-margaritaville-singer\/"},"modified":"2023-09-04T13:31:03","modified_gmt":"2023-09-04T17:31:03","slug":"remembering-jimmy-buffett-parrot-heads-descend-on-key-west-to-honor-margaritaville-singer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/remembering-jimmy-buffett-parrot-heads-descend-on-key-west-to-honor-margaritaville-singer\/","title":{"rendered":"Key West flooded with &#8216;Parrot Heads&#8217; honoring Jimmy Buffett, the &#8220;Margaritaville&#8221; singer."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fremembering-jimmy-buffett-parrot-heads-descend-on-key-west-to-honor-margaritaville-singer%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2021428&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Thousands of Fans Bid Farewell to Jimmy Buffett in Key West<\/h2>\n<p>On Sunday afternoon, the streets of Key West, Florida were filled with thousands of \u2062Jimmy Buffett fans, coming together to\u2062 celebrate the life and memory of\u200c the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/legendary-singer-nina-simones-family-claims-kamala-harris-bullied-and-intimidated-heiress-out-of-estate\/\" title=\"Legendary Singer Nina Simone\u2019s Family Claims Kamala Harris \u2018Bullied And Intimidated\u2019 Heiress Out Of Estate\">legendary singer<\/a>. The\u200d beloved &#8220;It&#8217;s 5 O&#8217;Clock \u200bSomewhere&#8221; artist passed away on Friday at\u2064 the age of\u200b 76 after a four-year\u2063 battle with Merkel cell skin cancer, a particularly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/we-all-experience-tragedy-why-are-joe-and-hunter-biden-allowed-to-hide-behind-it\/\" title=\"We All Experience Tragedy. Why Are Joe And Hunter Biden Allowed To Hide Behind It?\">aggressive form<\/a> of the disease. Despite \u200chis <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-full-timeline-of-hunter-bidens-scandals\/\" title=\"The Full Timeline Of Hunter Biden\u2019s Scandals\">health struggles<\/a>, Buffett had kept his battle private and continued to perform in concerts throughout his treatment.<\/p>\n<h3>A Tribute to Key West&#8217;s Beloved Son<\/h3>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI think that Key West was Jimmy Buffett.\u2063 Jimmy Buffett was Key West in its own essence,\u201d said event organizer Jordan Upchurch. \u201cHe loved this island so much.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Approximately 4,000 people lined Key West&#8217;s Duvall Street to pay their respects to Buffett, highlighting the deep connection he had with \u2063the community.<\/p>\n<h3>A Billion-Dollar Empire<\/h3>\n<p>Buffett&#8217;s 1977 hit &#8220;Margaritaville&#8221; transformed his brand of island escapism into a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/remembering-jimmy-buffett-parrot-heads-descend-on-key-west-to-honor-margaritaville-singer\/\" title=\"Key West flooded with 'Parrot Heads' honoring Jimmy Buffett, the \"Margaritaville\" singer.\">billion-dollar business empire<\/a>. In 1985, he opened Margaritaville-themed stores,\u2062 restaurants, and the Margaritaville Caf\u00e9 in Key West. The success of the &#8220;Margaritaville&#8221; brand expanded to include casinos, resorts, three retirement communities, and even a\u2062 cruise line.<\/p>\n<p>Buffett&#8217;s unique music style, which he called \u2063&#8221;Gulf and Western,&#8221; later became known as &#8220;trop rock,&#8221; blending\u2063 elements of Caribbean and country music. He credited his grandfather, a sailing ship captain who sang Calypso songs, for teaching him the art of performance. Although he was raised in\u200d Alabama, Buffett became renowned for his celebration of \u200bthe tropical lifestyle.<\/p>\n<p>Jimmy Buffett&#8217;s legacy will continue to live on through his music \u2064and the memories he created for his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/counting-down-the-top-10-sports-cities-in-america\/\" title=\"Counting Down The Top 10 Sports Cities In America\">devoted fans<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Click \u200bhere \u2064to read more from\u200b The \u2062Washington Examiner.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thousands of fans honored Jimmy Buffett in Key West, Florida, bidding him farewell. The iconic singer, known for &#8220;It&#8217;s 5 O&#8217;Clock Somewhere,&#8221; passed away at 76 from Merkel cell skin cancer, a fierce type. His life and legacy were celebrated as the streets overflowed with love and remembrance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2021429,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2021428","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2021428","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2021428"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2021428\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2021429"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2021428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2021428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2021428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}