Rodriguez, the singer-songwriter whose improbable, stranger-than-fiction career was surveyed in the Oscar-winning 2012 documentary “Searching For Sugar Man,” died on August 9. He was 81.

The rest of the world learned the Rodriguez story in 2012 when Swedish director Malik Bendjelloul released Searching for Sugar Man, a documentary ... Kane was a fantastic movie?” ...

Searching for Sugar Man, a film chronicling the life of the ... Tom Brook reports. Talking Movies is broadcast on BBC World News on Saturday at 13:30 GMT and Sunday at 00:30, 07:30 and 20:30 ...

Detroit musician Sixto Rodriguez, the subject of the documentary “‘Searching for Sugar Man” – which won the 2013 best documentary Academy Award – has died, according to an announcement ...

“Searching For Sugar Man” became a cinematic Cinderella story. It created a buzz at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival, where it captured the audience award, and was picked up for distribution by Sony ...

DETROIT — Sixto Diaz Rodriguez, the Detroit musician who rose to international fame as the subject of the Academy Award-winning documentary “Searching for Sugar Man,” died Tuesday.

Sony Pictures Classics/Courtesy Everett Collection The singer-songwriter found success later in his career and was the subject of the 2012 documentary Searching for Sugar Man, which won the ...

Rodriguez’s eventual revival later became the subject of 2012 documentary, Searching for Sugar Man, which debuted at the next year’s Sundance Film Festival. Sony Pictures Classic quickly ...

Rodriguez's legacy took off after the singer and songwriter became the subject of the Oscar-winning documentary, Searching for Sugar Man. A 2013 Associated Press story referred to Rodriguez as ...