Stars have paid tribute to the Margaritaville singer and creator of the tropical rock genre, Jimmy Buffett, who wrote songs about 'fishing, diving, dreaming about being in the tropics, playing music, and just living the dream'.
Paying a very personal tribute to Buffett on Instagram, professional surfer Kelly Slater, 51, said that since he met Buffett in France in 2010, eight years after his own father had died, the singer and songwriter had"kind of became a surrogate" father to him.
He summed up the themes of Buffett's music as"fishing, diving, dreaming about being in the tropics, playing music, and just living the dream", going on to describe the impact the star had had on his life. Slater wrote:"He told me life was too short not to take every good opportunity that came along and go live it.
"I'm not sure I've met many people with as positive an attitude who were as welcoming and giving as Jimmy has been to me, just one of the many thousands of friends he's had around this world... I really don't want to believe such a fine man is gone but I'm thankful and lucky for the times we had."This content is provided by, which may be using cookies and other technologies. To show you this content, we need your permission to use cookies.
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