MUSICIAN Jimmy Buffett, known for his hit song Margaritaville, had been married to his second wife for nearly half a century before he died at the age of 76.
Jimmy Buffett tied the knot with Jane Slagsvol almost 50 years ago in 1977, years after they met at the Chart Room bar in Key West, Florida.
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Jane, a college student at the University of South Carolina, was visiting Key West for spring break, which is where Jimmy had moved to after his divorce from his first wife, Margie Washichek.
Jimmy was previously married to Margie, a former Alabama beauty queen, from 1969 to 1972.
The musician recalled seeing Jane “wearing a tight, long pink dress that made a lasting impression on me,” he told TIME magazine.
Jane did not return to college and instead moved in with Buffett.
Although Jane is not one for the spotlight, she has always been by her husband’s side while he grew his Caribbean-rock music fandom.
Jimmy gives his wife credit for getting rid of his band’s “grungy look,” and making them change into more professional clothes, according to the biography Jimmy Buffet: A Good Life All The Way.
The Coral Reefer Band, which Jimmy formed in 1975, ditched their Levi jeans with holes and collarless shirts for clothes that made them look “important.”
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Jimmy and Jane did break up for a brief time in the early 1980s, according to TIME.
Jane reportedly left the musician after five years of marriage because of the crazy party lifestyle.
She told TIME: “I’d been with Jimmy since I was a child, through the craziest times, and I didn’t have a clue who I was, so I left. I got sober.”
The two reconciled in 1991 and were together until Jimmy died on Friday.
Jimmy and Jane shared two daughters: Savannah Jane, who was born in 1979, and Sarah Delaney, born in 1992. They also shared adopted son Cameron Marley, who was born in 1994.
The family was always on the move. The couple’s eldest daughter Savannah said she “had a passport before she could walk, traveling the world with her parents,” on her website.
They went on tour together often – Savannah said she has lived in New York, Nashville, Tennessee; Malibu, California; Aspen, Colorado; and St. Barths.
Jimmy left behind his beloved family and an impressive 60-year music career on Friday.
“Jimmy passed away peacefully on the night of September 1st surrounded by his family, friends, music and dogs.
“He lived his life like a song till the very last breath and will be missed beyond measure by so many,” the singer’s family wrote in a statement.
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