Jimmy Buffett had been fighting Merkel cell skin cancer

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The rare carcinoma usually appears as a single painless lump on sun-exposed skin and tends to metastasize quickly.

Buffett had the disease for four years but continued to perform during treatment. His last show was a surprise appearance in Rhode Island in early July.He was briefly hospitalized in May after a trip to the Bahamas, CNN reported.

Buffett posted a day later that he was soon headed home from the hospital, and thanked his followers for the"outpouring of support and well wishes." In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to Jimmy Buffett’s Foundation Singing for Change, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Dana Farber Cancer Institute or MD Anderson Cancer Center.

 

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