Rodriguez, who became the subject of the Oscar-winning documentary “Searching for Sugarman” has died, according to the Sugarman.org website on Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2023, and confirmed Wednesday by ...

Rodriguez's legacy would take off back home after the singer and songwriter became the subject of the Oscar-winning documentary "Searching for Sugarman." ...

Detroit musician Sixto Rodriguez, the subject of the documentary “‘Searching for Sugar Man” – which won the 2013 best documentary Academy Award – has died, according to an announcement ...

Meeting Rodriguez, dressed head to toe in black and wearing sunglasses seemingly designed to protect him from the glare of a Western sunset, is like meeting a super-hip uncle you never knew you ...

Rodriguez, born Sixto Rodriguez in Detroit in 1942, was an American singer-songwriter who achieved little recognition in his home country but became a cultural icon in South Africa. His debut album ...

Who were the most important American songwriters after Woodstock? Bob Dylan, Neil Young and Rodriguez. Everyone knew that where I was growing up, among the malcontent teenagers of white suburbia ...

I learned of Rodriguez’s story through the documentary Searching for Sugar Man, an award-winning film by Swedish director Malik Bendjelloui.