# Singer Jimmie Rodgers has died

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** celebrity-death\
**Created:** [January 22, 2021, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singer-jimmie-rodgers-has-died/931248 "2021-01-22T23:49:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2021, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singer-jimmie-rodgers-has-died/931248/1 "2021-01-22T23:49:10Z")

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[He had](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/22/arts/music/jimmie-rodgers-dead.html?surface=most-popular&fellback=false&req_id=83098927&algo=bandit-all-surfaces&variant=0_bandit-all-surfaces&imp_id=212734779) several hits, including “Honeycomb” in 1957, and “Kisses Sweeter Than Wine”. Dead from kidney disease complicated by COVID.

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**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2021, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singer-jimmie-rodgers-has-died/931248/2 "2021-01-22T23:51:28Z")

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Wow, I assumed he was long dead based on the song “Me and Jimmie Rodgers” from 1980 (which made him sound like an old-timey singer 40 years ago).

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**Author:** ![Hatchie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hatchie/32/3983_2.png) [@Hatchie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hatchie)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2021, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singer-jimmie-rodgers-has-died/931248/3 "2021-01-23T00:17:53Z")

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There were two Jimmie Rodgerses. I don’t know the song “Me and Jimmie Rodgers”, but I would guess it’s about the older one.

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**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2021, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singer-jimmie-rodgers-has-died/931248/4 "2021-01-23T00:23:19Z")

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Oh that Jimmie Rodgers. I was like, “That’s guy’s been dead for 90 years!”

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**Author:** ![Mark\_Finn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/34f0e0/32.png) [@Mark\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mark_Finn)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2021, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singer-jimmie-rodgers-has-died/931248/5 "2021-01-23T13:29:02Z")

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Jimmy (1924-1997) was an R&B singer. Another Jimmie (1897-1933) was a C&W singer (“The Singing Brakeman”). Jimmie (1933-2021) was the “Honeycomb” guy. I always liked his rendition of “The Wreck of the John B”).

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**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2021, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singer-jimmie-rodgers-has-died/931248/6 "2021-01-23T13:34:51Z")

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There was also a Jimy Rogers.

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