Sixto Rodriguez was a rock star who didn't even know it for years. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "SUGAR MAN") SIXTO RODRIGUEZ: (Singing) Sugar man. SIMON: Released two albums in the early 1970s. They went ...

Singer-songwriter Sixto Rodriguez has passed away at the age of 81. The news was announced on the Detroit artist's social media and website. Born in Detroit as the child of Mexican immigrant parents, ...

The post Sixto Rodriguez, Subject of the Documentary Searching for Sugar Man, Dead at 81 appeared first on Consequence. Sixto Rodriguez, the Detroit musician who found surprise success in South Africa ...

DETROIT — Sixto Diaz Rodriguez, the Detroit musician who rose to international fame as the subject of the Academy Award-winning documentary “Searching for Sugar Man,” died Tuesday. He was 81. Known ...

Singer-songwriter Sixto Rodriguez, who was catapulted from Detroit obscurity to global acclaim by the Oscar-winning documentary “Searching for Sugar Man,” has died at 81. Rodriguez passed away Tuesday ...

DETROIT — Singer and songwriter Sixto Rodriguez, who became the subject of the Oscar-winning documentary “Searching for Sugar Man,” has died. He was 81. Rodriguez’s death Tuesday in Detroit was ...

SIMON: Released two albums in the early 1970s. They went nowhere in America. But in South Africa, he became a megastar. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "SUGAR MAN") RODRIGUEZ: (Singing) For a blue coin, won't you ...

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