Jimmy Buffett to Receive Special Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Award

Jimmy Buffett is set to receive a special award from the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2024. The Hall of Fame is honoring the late pop, rock and sometimes country singer with the Musical Excellence Award.

Buffett died on Sept. 1, 2023, at the age of 76. His cause of death was skin cancer that turned to melanoma. Buffett will receive the special Rock Hall recognition alongside MC5, Dionne Warwick and Norman Whitfield.

Alexis Korner, John Mayall and Big Mama Thornton are slated to receive the Musical Influence Award, while Suzanne de Passe will receive the Ahmet Ertegun Award in 2024.

The special awards were revealed on Sunday night (April 21), when Ryan Seacrest and Rock Hall inductee Lionel Richie revealed the 2024 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees live during a special episode of American Idol. The Top 14 delivered songs from previous Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees as fans voted to determine the Top 12 during the episode.

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Class of 2024

Mary J. Blige, Cher, Dave Matthews Band, Foreigner, Peter Frampton, Kool & the Gang, Ozzy Osbourne and a Tribe Called Quest are the inductees for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame's Class of 2024.

The 2024 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony will take place at the Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse in Cleveland, Ohio, on Oct. 19, 2024. The ceremony will stream live on Disney+, with a later airing set for ABC. It will also be available to stream via Hulu the following day.

See Inside Jimmy Buffett's Staggering $6.9 Million Palm Beach Mansion

Jimmy Buffett sure knew how to live the good life. His former 3-bedroom, 3.5-bathroom, 4,039-square-foot mansion in the exclusive Eden Properties neighborhood in Palm Beach is exactly the kind of laid-back home you'd expect the superstar to relax in when he was off the road.

The interior centers around a combined dining and living room with eye-popping vaulted ceilings topped off by skylights, while a massive wall of mahogany-framed sliding glass doors looks out over the pool area outside. The kitchen is decorated in gleaming white, and each of the bedrooms has its own attached bathroom, while the massive master suite also has sliding glass doors that open to both the pool and a bathroom that looks like it belongs in a high-end resort.

The exterior of the house is just as striking, centered around a sparkling pool of deep cobalt blue. The pool area features plenty of lounging, and a loggia just outside the living room offers open-air dining. There are lush gardens, brick paths that walk through elaborate pergolas and a fountain. The property also features a two-car garage with a guest suite overhead, and it offers deeded access to the beach nearby.

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