DETROIT (AP) — 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.

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, the American singer-songwriter whose life story inspired audiences worldwide in the Oscar-winning documentary, Searching For Sugar Man, has sadly passed away at the age of 81. The ...

On what should have been the biggest night of his life, the 70-year old singer-songwriter Sixto Rodriguez was, once again, nowhere to be found. Searching for Sugar Man, the blockbuster 2012 ...

The rock greats forgotten by the music industry – and found by the public The late Sixto Rodriguez enjoyed a late-career surge after his rediscovery. But he’s not the only musician to re-emerge from ...

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Suddenly catapulted into the superstardom he didn’t know about, Rodriguez is now touring the world, performing on five continents, especially before awed audiences in South Africa, where fans are ...

ProfileTen years ago, he came on the scene thanks to the Oscar-winning documentary 'Searching for Sugar Man,' and his two unsuccessful 1970s albums suddenly became American folk classics. Having just ...

FILE - Singer-songwriter Sixto Rodriguez performs at the Beacon Theatre on April 7, 2013, in New York. Rodriguez, who became the subject of the Oscar-winning documentary “Searching for Sugarman” has ...

Singer-songwriter Sixto Rodriguez has passed away at the age of 81. The news was announced on the Detroit artist's social media and website. Born in Detroit as the child of Mexican immigrant parents, ...

Singer-songwriter Sixto Rodriguez, who was catapulted from Detroit obscurity to global acclaim by the Oscar-winning documentary “Searching for Sugar Man,” has died at 81. Rodriguez passed away Tuesday ...