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===Illness and Death===

In May 2023, Buffett was hospitalized to "address some issues that needed immediate attention" and rescheduled tour dates.<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.live5news.com/2023/05/19/jimmy-buffett-reschedules-concert-health-issues-that-needed-immediate-attention/ | title=Jimmy Buffett reschedules concert for health issues that needed ‘immediate attention’ | work=[[WCSC-TV]] | date=May 19, 2023}}</ref> In late August, he entered [[hospice]] care.<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://wchoam.iheart.com/content/2023-09-02-jimmy-buffetts-cause-of-death-revealed-to-be-fatal-disease/ | title=Jimmy Buffett's Cause Of Death Revealed | first=Sherah Janay | last=Ndjongo | work=[[iHeartMedia]] | date=September 2, 2023}}</ref> Buffett died on September 1, 2023, age 76, at his home in [[Sag Harbor, New York]], due to complications from [[merkel-cell carcinoma]], a rare and aggressive [[skin cancer]], with which he had been diagnosed four years earlier. He was surrounded by family, friends, music, and his dogs, according to a statement released through his website, and in his final days, [[Paul McCartney]] visited Buffett's house and performed for Buffett's family.<ref name=cause/>

After entering [[hospice]] care the last week of August<ref>{{Cite web |last=Whitaker |first=Sterling WhitakerSterling |date=2023-09-02 |title=JUST IN: Jimmy Buffett's Cause of Death Revealed |url=https://tasteofcountry.com/jimmy-buffett-cause-of-death/ |access-date=2023-09-03 |website=Taste of Country |language=en}}</ref>, Buffett died on September 1, 2023 at his home in [[Sag Harbor, New York]], at the age of 76 from [[skin cancer]] (diagnosed in 2019) that had turned into [[lymphoma]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Whitaker |first=Sterling WhitakerSterling |date=2023-09-02 |title=JUST IN: Jimmy Buffett's Cause of Death Revealed |url=https://tasteofcountry.com/jimmy-buffett-cause-of-death/ |access-date=2023-09-03 |website=Taste of Country |language=en}}</ref>.

He was surrounded by family, friends, music, and his dogs, according to a statement released through his website, and in his final days, [[Paul McCartney]] visited Buffett's house and performed for Buffett's family.<ref name="cause" />

==Discography==