Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jerry Jeff Walker, the folk-country singer-songwriter best known for the late-’60s hit “Mr. Bojangles,” died Friday at age 78, CNY ...

Jerry Jeff Walker, a singer-songwriter and influential country musician known for penning the popular song "Mr. Bojangles," died Friday after a long battle with throat cancer. He was 78. Born Ronald ...

Beloved country singer Jerry Jeff Walker – best known for his oft-covered track “Mr. Bojangles” – died on Oct. 23 after a battle with cancer. He was 78. Born Ronald Clyde Crosby and raised in Oneonta, ...

A 75-year-old blind man known lovingly in his Inglewood, Calif., community as “Mr. Bojangles” was found beheaded in his Inglewood home, stunning all who knew him – and setting off a frantic search for ...

Today, Steve Earle shares his soulful rendition of Jerry Jeff Walker's classic tune "Mr. Bojangles." On JERRY JEFF - Earle's forthcoming 10-track collection set for release on May 27 via New West ...

This edition of "Story Behind the Song" is a first for the series: We're not speaking to the writer of the song, but the artist who made it a hit. Jeff Hanna of Nitty Gritty Dirt Band told Bart ...

Jerry Jeff Walker, the folk-country singer-songwriter best known for the late-’60s hit “Mr. Bojangles,” died Friday at age 78, CNY News reported. Walker, who was born Ronald Clyde Crosby, had battled ...

Jerry Jeff Walker, who moved to Austin after becoming famous with the song “Mr. Bojangles” and helped to change the landscape of Austin music in the 1970s, died Friday, according to close friends of ...

Jerry Jeff Walker, a country singer who wrote the 1968 hit "Mr. Bojangles," has died, according to multiple reports. He was 78. By Trilby Beresford Associate Editor Jerry Jeff Walker, the country ...

Jerry Jeff Walker, a Texas country singer and songwriter who wrote the pop song “Mr. Bojangles,” has died at age 78. Walker died Friday of cancer, family spokesman John T. Davis told The Associated ...