'Searching for Sugar Man' singer Sixto Rodriguez dead at 81

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Sixto Rodriguez, an American singer-songwriter whose outsized popularity in South Africa inspired the Oscar-winning documentary 'Searching for Sugar Man,' passed away on Tuesday at the age of 81, a website dedicated to him said on Wednesday.

Musician Sixto Rodriguez arrives to accept the Best Documentary award from the National Board of Review in New York, January 8, 2013. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson/File Photo

"Searching for Sugar Man" follows two South African music fans on their journey to discover the fate of Rodriguez. Rodriguez wrote and sang about the hard streets of Detroit in 1970 and was considered by many in the music profession to be a talent on the order of Bob Dylan. His lyrics, set to a heart-stirring rasp of a voice, told about the homeless and the working poor.

 

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