00:00 This Wednesday 9 August is a sad day for the family of Sixto Diaz Rodriguez.
00:15 The talented musician, whose documentary Searching for Sugarman made him a superstar, and died at the age of 81, has taken his family.
00:28 In 2012, the documentary Sugarman was released. Since then, Sixto Diaz Rodriguez has become a legend all over the world.
00:38 Recognizable for his rockstar look with his black leather pants, his jacket and his black glasses screwed on his nose, Sixto Diaz Rodriguez has marked a whole generation of singers.
00:53 After being a worker in the building in his hometown, he devoted himself to singing and released two opus in the 70s that ended in oblivion.
01:04 Except that, irony of fate or luck, these pieces hit in South Africa.
01:13 Without knowing it, the musician is a superstar. Adulted all over the world, the artist releases other opus that become boxes and goes to meet his fans all over the world.
01:25 It is this unique destiny, precisely, that the globe discovered thanks to the film Sugarman, in the name of one of his most famous pieces.
01:37 This documentary of which he is the hero changed his life by making him a star.
01:43 In intimacy, the father of the family remains humble, philosopher.
01:51 At the Europe 1 micro, on March 17, 2014, the artist was considered lucky of everything that happened to him in life.
02:02 Sixto Diaz Rodriguez taken by life on Wednesday, August 9, the fan club of Sixto Diaz Rodriguez announced his death via a tweet taken by The Sun, CST with a deep sadness than Sugarman.
02:16 Hordes we announce that Sixto Diaz Rodriguez died a little earlier in the morning.
02:25 Our most sincere condolences go to his daughters, Sandra, Eva and Regan as well as his whole family.
02:33 He was 81 years old. May his beautiful soul rest in peace, can we read.
02:40 As the British media learns, the musician was used to bringing his daughters on the roads with him.
02:49 Just before he died, he had separated from his second wife, Connie Cospo.
02:56 For the moment, the family of the deceased singer did not wish to communicate on the reasons for the death of Sixto Diaz Rodriguez.
03:07 During his penultimate visit to France, at the Zenith of Paris, in 2013, our European colleagues had underlined that the musician had appeared tired on stage.
03:19 Exhausting, it did not stop him from doing the show until the end.
03:26 The music video for Sixto Diaz Rodriguez is a tribute to the late singer, who died in 2013.
03:32 The song is about a young man who is trying to find his way to the top of the world.
03:39 He is a young man who has a dream of becoming a singer.
03:45 He is a young man who has a dream of becoming a singer.
03:52 He is a young man who has a dream of becoming a singer.
03:57 He is a young man who has a dream of becoming a singer.
04:03 He is a young man who has a dream of becoming a singer.
04:09 He is a young man who has a dream of becoming a singer.
04:16 He is a young man who has a dream of becoming a singer.
