The Detroit musician never found much of an audience in the United States, but his songs of protest and stark imagery resonated in Australia and South Africa, leading to a late-career resurgence captured in the Oscar-winning documentary “Searching for Sugar Man."
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Rodriguez, the singer-songwriter whose improbable, stranger-than-fiction career was surveyed in the Oscar-winning 2012 documentary “Searching For Sugar Man,” died on August 9. He was 81. The news was announced on his official website.
Rodriguez, the singer-songwriter who gained renewed fame thanks to the documentary "Searching for Sugar Man", has died at age 81. The news of his passing was shared on his official website, which posted, "It is with great sadness that we at Sugarman.org announce that Sixto Diaz Rodriguez has passed away earlier today." [readmore label="READ MORE:…