Jimmy Buffett Dead at 76

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right...wearing sunscreen isn't hard but so many people don't bother. I have sun damage from my youth but I wear sunscreen now and wouldn't think of sunbathing
That’s true. Sunscreen wasn’t commonly used until the 90s and it still isn’t being used nearly as much by men as it is by women.

Jimmy Buffett’s particular form of skin cancer was rare and aggressive and seems to affect older men more than any other demographic.

 
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That’s true. Sunscreen wasn’t commonly used until the 90s and it still isn’t being used nearly as much by men as it is by women.

Jimmy Buffett’s particular form of skin cancer was rare and aggressive and seems to affect older men more than any other demographic.

if it was aggressive I'm surprised he survived four years
 
I don't recall that story
I'm not a parrothead by any means but seems he was a great guy - and very successful
It was one of those bizarre events that happens to musicians. Jamaican authorities shot Buffett’s plane multiple times because they mistook it for drug smugglers.

Jimmy being Jimmy, he saw the humor in it once they were safe. He was inspired to tell the story by writing this song.

Jamaica Mistaica

Some folks say that I've got the perfect life
Three swell kids, lots of toys and a lovely wife
I fly, I sail, I throw caution to the wind
Drift like a stratus cloud above the Caribbean

But every now and then, the dragons come to call
Just when you least expect it you'll be dodgin' cannonballs
I've seen too much not to stay in touch
With a world full of love and luck
I've got a big suspicion 'bout ammunition
I never forget to duck

Come back, come back back to Jamaica
Don't chu know we made a big mistaica
We'd be so sad if you told us good-bye
And we promise not to shoot you out of the sky

It was a beautiful day, the kind you want to toast
We were tree top flyin' movin' west along the coast
Then we landed in the water, just about my favorite thrill
When some ******* started firing as we taxied to Negril

Just about to lose my temper as I endeavored to explain
We had only come for chicken we were not a ganja plane
Well, you should have seen their faces when they finally realized
We were not some coked up cowboy sporting guns and alibis

Come back, come back back to Jamaica
Don't chu know we made a big mistaica
We'd be so sad if you told us good-bye
And we promise not to shoot you out of the sky

They shot from the lighthouse, they shot from highway
They shot from the top of the cliff, they had all gone haywire
We're catchin' fire, and there wasn't even a spliff

Well, the word got out all over the island
Friends, strangers, they were all apologizin'
Some thought me crazy foe being way too nice
But it's just another ****ty day in paradise

Come back, come back back to Jamaica
Don't chu know we made a big mistaica
We'd be so sad if you told us good-bye
And we promise not to shoot you out of the sky
 
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