Texas Singer, Songwriter, Self-Professed Gypsy Songman Jerry Jeff Walker Dead At 78: ‘Sad Day For Texas’

NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Jerry Jeff Walker, perhaps most noted around the world as the man who penned pop and country hit “Mr. Bojangles” has died at the age of 78.
According to the Associated Press, family spokesman John T. Davis said Walker died Friday, October 23 of cancer.
“He had battled throat cancer for many years, and some other health issues, the cause death was cancer,” Davis said Saturday.
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