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EXPLAINED: Singer sixto rodriguez subject of searching for sugarman dies at 81 | Rare Historical Photos

Mexican-American musician Sixto Rodriguez wrote songs protesting the Vietnam War, social mores, the abuse of women and racial inequality [File: Sumaya Hisham/Reuters]

Sixto Rodriguez, the obscure singer and songwriter who became the subject of the Oscar-winning documentary Searching for Sugar Man, has died at the age of 81.

“It is with great sadness that we at Sugarman.org announce that Sixto Diaz Rodriguez has passed away,” a statement posted on his website on Tuesday said, without providing a cause of death.

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