Sixto Rodriguez, who lived in obscurity as his music career flamed out early in the U.S. only to find success in South Africa and a stardom he was unaware of, died Tuesday in Detroit. He was ...

Sixto Rodriguez was celebrated Saturday as a pure artistic soul and man of the people who deeply valued his life as a Detroiter. The late singer-songwriter with the street-poet sensibility was honored ...

The musician Rodriguez has died at age 81, a long life by any standard, but especially for his most passionate fans who once thought he died decades ago. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED NPR BROADCAST) MALIK ...

The song sunk without trace when it was released in the US, but won him a huge following among anti-establishment South ...

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(Reuters) - 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 ...

CORRECTS NAME OF DOCUMENTARY TO SUGAR MAN, NOT SUGARMAN - FILE - Singer-songwriter Sixto Rodriguez performs at the Beacon Theatre on April 7, 2013, in New York. Rodriguez, who became the subject of ...

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