Tributes are paid to Searching for Sugar Man singer Sixto Rodriguez, who has died aged 81
Sixto Rodriguez, the musician who was the focus of acclaimed documentary Searching for Sugar Man, has died at the age of 81.
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Sixto Rodriguez, the musician who was the focus of acclaimed documentary Searching for Sugar Man, has died at the age of 81.
Singer-songwriter who rose to international stardom as the subject of the film Searching for Sugar Man
The Detroit musician's rock anthems made him an unwitting folk hero in apartheid-era South Africa. His story was later chronicled in an Oscar-winning documentary.
Singer songwriter Sixto Rodriguez, known as Rodriguez and documented in the movie ‘Searching for the Sugarman’, has died in Detroit at age 81.
The musician struggled to find success in his native US, but he developed a following in South Africa.