Name |
Jimmy Buffett |
Height |
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Naionality |
American |
Date of Birth |
December 25, 1946 |
Place of Birth |
Pascagoula, Mississippi |
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Born to James Delaney "J.D." Buffett Jr. and Mary Loraine "Peets" Buffett in Pascagoula, Mississippi, Buffett spent part of his childhood in Mobile, Alabama.As a boy in grade school, he attended St. Ignatius Catholic School. He later lived in Fairhope, Alabama, considered by Buffett his "Home Town" during a 2001 concert. He graduated from high school from McGill Institute for Boys (now McGill-Toolen Catholic High School) in 1964. He began playing guitar during his college years at Auburn University and The University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, where he received a bachelor's degree in history in 1969. He was initiated into the fraternity Kappa Sigma at the University of Southern Mississippi, but left the fraternity soon after. He later married his first wife, Margie Washichek, at Spring Hill College in Mobile. After graduating from college, Buffett worked as a correspondent for Billboard magazine in Nashville, breaking the news of the separation of Flatt and Scruggs. Buffett and his current wife Jane have two daughters, Savannah Jane and Sarah Delaney, and an adopted son, Cameron Marley. He is a licensed pilot, holding instrument, single and multi-engine land and sea ratings. When not touring, Buffett resides with his wife in Palm Beach, Florida. Despite widespread suggestions to the contrary, and the casual friendship which has developed between their families, Jimmy Buffett has no relation to well-known capital investor Warren Buffett.