# Jerry Jeff Walker - Dead at 78

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-jeff-walker-dead-at-78/923841>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** celebrity-death\
**Created:** [October 25, 2020, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-jeff-walker-dead-at-78/923841 "2020-10-25T17:18:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2020, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-jeff-walker-dead-at-78/923841/1 "2020-10-25T17:18:46Z")

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FUCK 2020!

[Link.](https://www.npr.org/2020/10/24/927471619/jerry-jeff-walker-who-wrote-mr-bojangles-dies-at-78)

“Mr. Bojangles” aside, the man was one of the most influential country artists ever, from “Outlaw” country to introducing Jimmy Buffett to the bars of Key West.

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**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2020, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-jeff-walker-dead-at-78/923841/2 "2020-10-25T18:20:47Z")

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Was coming here to post this if nobody else had.

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**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2020, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-jeff-walker-dead-at-78/923841/3 "2020-10-25T19:49:57Z")

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What a shame! I saw him four or five times in concert, and he always put on a great show.

Through him I learned about Guy Clark, Ray Wiley Hubbard, and Gary P Nunn, among others.

RIP

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**Author:** ![MikeF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2020, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-jeff-walker-dead-at-78/923841/5 "2020-10-27T13:01:03Z")

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And R is for REDNECK! RIP JJW.