- Singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett was greatest recognized for the hit “Margaritaville”
- He was married twice – to Margie Washichek and to Jane Slagsvol
- Jimmy and Jane separated within the Eighties however reconciled in 1991
For 45 years, one girl reigned as “Queen of the Parrotheads”: Jane Slagsvol, the beloved spouse of Jimmy Buffett. Jimmy, who died on September 1 at age 76, wed Jane in 1977, and so they have been married for over 4 a long time.
Nonetheless, Jane wasn’t Jimmy’s first spouse. He was married as soon as earlier than he mentioned “I do” to Jane. The “Come Monday” singer walked down the aisle with Margie Washicheck, however the marriage lasted three years earlier than they went their separate methods.
Quickly after, Jimmy met Jane, and the 2 began a journey collectively that lasted greater than 4 a long time. Jimmy and Jane welcomed two daughters – Savannah Jane Buffett, a radio persona on SiriusXM’s Radio Margaritaville, and filmmaker Sarah Delaney. The couple additionally adopted a son, Cameron Marley.
Whereas Jimmy’s music was generally known as the soundtrack to tropical drinks, sunsets, and delicate waves, there was some bother in paradise throughout his lengthy marriage. Study extra about Jimmy’s spouse and previous loves.
Who Is Jane Slagsvol?
Regardless of being a well-known musician and a billionaire, not a lot is thought about Jimmy’s private life. He gave a little bit of a rundown, together with how he met and separated from Jane, in his 1998 autobiography, A Pirate Seems At Fifty.
“I flunked out of faculty. I discovered to play the guitar, lived on the seaside, lived within the French Quarter, lastly acquired laid and didn’t go to Vietnam,” he wrote, per The New York Occasions. “I acquired again into college, began a band, acquired a job on Bourbon Road, graduated from faculty, flunked my draft bodily, broke up my band, and went out on the highway solo. I signed a file deal, acquired married, moved to Nashville, had my guitars stolen, purchased a Mercedes, labored at Billboard journal, put out my first album, went broke, met Jerry Jeff Walker, wrecked the Mercedes, acquired divorced, and moved to Key West.”
“I began one other band,” he wrote, persevering with, “Labored the highway, had my second and final hit, purchased a home in Aspen, began spending summers in New England, acquired married, broke my leg 3 times in a single yr, had a child lady, made extra information, purchased a much bigger boat, and sailed away to St. Barts. I acquired separated from the best lady, bought the boat, bought the home in Aspen, moved again to Key West, labored the highway, and made extra information. I rented an residence in Paris, went to Brazil for Carnival, discovered to fly, went into remedy, stop doing dope, purchased my first seaplane, flew all around the Caribbean, virtually acquired a second divorce, moved to Malibu for extra remedy, and acquired again with the best lady.”
Jimmy fell in love with Jane when she was a scholar on the College of South Carolina, per Day by day Mail. Jane was a powerful affect on Jimmy, serving to him undertake a extra skilled method to his music, and he or she even turned his muse.
Whereas on tour, he was spending time in his lodge room when he missed his spouse a lot that he wrote her a music. That tune could be “Come Monday,” a Prime 40 hit for Jimmy. Jane additionally appeared within the music video.
The timing of Jimmy and Jane’s romance is unclear. Whereas many publications listing their first assembly in 1976, Jimmy’s “Come Monday” was a success in 1974.
Nonetheless, the couple took time aside throughout their marriage. He and his spouse separated within the Eighties.
“I had been with Jimmy since I used to be a toddler, by way of the craziest instances,” she mentioned in 1998, per Showbiz Cheatsheet. “And I didn’t have a clue who I used to be. So I left. I acquired sober.” The couple reconciled in 1991 and have been collectively ever since.”
Who Is Margie Washichek?
Little is thought about Jimmy Buffett’s first spouse, Margie Washichek. The 2 have been reportedly married from 1969 to 1971 (or ’72, the date shouldn’t be clear). The union produced no kids, and Jimmy didn’t share many particulars concerning the expertise throughout his lifetime.
