Jimmy Buffett’s widow honors musician: ‘He smiled all the time, even when he was deeply ill’
Jimmy Buffett’s widow, Jane Slagsvol, honored the late singer-songwriter with a heartfelt tribute acknowledging “a whole word of people” who came into their orbit over the past few years — from their family and employees to Buffett’s faraway fans.
Slagsvol, who wed Buffett in 1977, published her words Saturday on the “Margaritaville” singer’s official website — along with a pair of intimate wedding photographs — and shed light on Buffett’s final years, including a stay in hospice care.
The “Cheeseburger in Paradise” and “It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere” singer had been diagnosed with Merkel cell skin cancer, which he battled for four years before he died Sept.
