Jerry Jeff Walker, the folk-country singer-songwriter best known for the late-’60s hit “Mr. Bojangles,” died Friday at age 78, CNY News reported. Walker, who was born Ronald Clyde Crosby, had battled ...

Jerry Jeff Walker, a country singer-songwriter known for penning the hit "Mr. Bojangles," has died. He was 78. Walker's death was confirmed to Fox News on Saturday by his former publicist, John T.

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Beloved country singer Jerry Jeff Walker – best known for his oft-covered track “Mr. Bojangles” – died on Oct. 23 after a battle with cancer. He was 78. Born Ronald Clyde Crosby and raised in Oneonta, ...

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Jerry Jeff Walker, who moved to Austin after becoming famous with the song “Mr. Bojangles” and helped to change the landscape of Austin music in the 1970s, died Friday, according to close friends of ...

In 1985, a few years before “singer-songwriter” would be permanently affixed to his name, nineteen-year-old Todd Snider showed up in San Marcos, knowing only that he had come to “sing.” “I was a ...

The story behind the 1970 hit song "Mr. Bojangles" and how it came to be recorded by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band connects to DePauw University, according to an article in the Tennessean. Singer and ...

A 75-year-old blind man known lovingly in his Inglewood, Calif., community as “Mr. Bojangles” was found beheaded in his Inglewood home, stunning all who knew him – and setting off a frantic search for ...

Jerry Jeff Walker, a singer-songwriter and influential country musician known for penning the popular song "Mr. Bojangles," died Friday after a long battle with throat cancer. He was 78. Born Ronald ...