2023-08-09 15:25:00
Written in SHOWS on 8/9/2023 09:25 hs
Sixto Rodríguez, musician and composer of ‘Sugar Man’, died at the age of 81. The man of Mexican origin rose to fame for a singular reason.
“Rodríguez” as he was known in the music world discovered at the age of 60 that in South Africa he was considered a superstar.
“It is with great sadness that we announce that Sixto Díaz Rodríguez has passed away earlier today. We send our condolences to his daughters, Sandra, Eva and Regan, and to his entire family,” Rodríguez’s family announced.
The man of Mexican descent was born in Detroit in 1942 and decided to dedicate himself to music. Sixto Rodríguez recorded two materials: Cold Fact (1970) and Coming from Reality (1971).
The man received the name “Sixto” as he was the sixth child in his family. The composer’s parents were a Mexican immigrant family who left for the United States in the 1920s.
Sixto Rodríguez did not gain fame in the United States, but years later the Sussex Record label reissued his records and the man became a star in Australia, New Zealand, present-day Zimbabwe and South Africa.
“The most satisfying thing regarding all this is to see how, thanks to a simple movie, a man’s life can change. And I’m not referring to mine. Although also. Rodríguez has gone from complete oblivion to playing in front of 50,000 people. In addition to in Barcelona, will be at Glastonbury and Coachella,” Malik Bendjelloul told El Mundo in 2013.
Sixto Rodríguez, the musician who died at the age of 81, moved away from the spotlight. Although during the release of the “mockumentary” he decided to return to the stage, before long he resumed his home life.
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