Jimmy Buffett, billionaire American musician who died in September, may get his personal freeway in South Florida.
Florida lawmaker Rep. Chuck Clemons filed a invoice final week to rename parts of A1A in Miami-Dade, Broward, Palm Seaside and Monroe Counties after the late songwriter.
If the invoice is passes when the 2024 Florida legislative session begins in January, S-A1A which runs from Key West to Georgia can be renamed the “Jimmy Buffett Memorial Freeway.”
Buffett’s connection to Key West is deeply rooted in his music, his restaurant, and his appreciation for the island’s relaxed and carefree lifestyle. He moved to Key West within the early Nineteen Seventies and the town turned his muse. Metropolis officers mentioned he owned a house there and was a long-time resident.
Buffett’s tune “Margaritaville” — maybe his most iconic work — is intently related to Key West. Town has turn out to be synonymous with the Margaritaville life-style that Buffett has celebrated all through his profession.
Jimmy Buffett died on September 1 on the age of 76. Buffett had been battling Merkel cell most cancers, in accordance with a press release.
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Following his dying, a petition on change.org emerged to formally rename Key West Airport as Jimmy Buffett Worldwide Airport. The petition has virtually 27,000 signatures of a 35,000 aim.
A love for the tropics
Jimmy Buffett not solely promoted the tropical “island escapism” life-style in music, however enterprise ventures as effectively.
In 1984, he and a pal opened a T-shirt store in Gulf Shores, Alabama. After it failed, in 1985, they tried once more in Key West, increasing it to what turned Jimmy Buffett’s Margaritaville in 1987. The chain opened eating places below the Margaritaville and LandShark Bar & Grill names in areas together with Atlantic Metropolis, New Orleans, Nashville, Turks and Caicos, Las Vegas, Jamaica, Orlando, Baltimore, and the Cayman Islands.
By means of his Margaritaville model, Buffett licensed accommodations, casinos, cruise experiences, eating places and bars, packaged meals, drinks, spirits, outside furnishings, house items, home equipment, and attire and equipment.
