#Detroit based #ColdFact #Psychedelic #folksinger #SixtoRodriguez whose humble life path as a handyman was chronicled in #SearchingForSugarMan doc film passes at age 81. Recorded for #ClarenceAvant's Sussex label in 70's alongside Bill Withers, but vanished for decades until a phoenix like career resurrection in 2012 when poignant film of his obscure mysterious musical career won an Oscar.

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Rodriguez, ‘Sugar Man’ singer with an aura of mystery, dies at 81

The Detroit musician was an unwitting folk hero in South Africa. After the release of a 2012 documentary, he developed a late-career following in the U.S.

The Washington Post