Singer, actor and radio host Mojo Nixon has died, it has been reported.
Nixon, who was known for the 1987 track Elvis is Everywhere, died on Wednesday on a country music cruise at the age of 66.
A statement on his death was published this week on the Facebook page for The Mojo Manifesto documentary.
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The statement said that Nixon died following a “cardiac event on the Outlaw Country Cruise”.
“August 2, 1957 – February 7, 2024. Mojo Nixon. How you live is how you should die. Mojo Nixon was full-tilt, wide-open rock hard, root hog, corner on two wheels + on fire…” it read.
“Passing after a blazing show, a raging night, closing the bar, taking no prisoners+ a good breakfast with bandmates and friends. A cardiac event on the Outlaw Country Cruise is about right… & that’s just how he did it.”
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It finished: “Mojo has left the building. Since Elvis is everywhere, we know he was waiting for him in the alley out back.”
“Heaven help us all.”
Hashtags included: ”We love you Mojo.”
“I feel like the term Rest in Party should be coined just for him,” one fan wrote underneath the post.
Another added: “Absolutely gutted. Had the privilege of seeing him a few times and talk to him. Absolutely wonderful human being. The world lost a legend today.”
Singer and radio host Elizabeth Cook shared a tribute to Nixon following his death.
“I’m sad to share that Mojo Nixon, my partner in crime on SiriusXM outlaw, passed away today aboard The Outlaw Country Cruise,” she said.
“He was a total maniac, a complete pain in my a–, and he will be missed.”
Born Neill Kirby McMillan Jr., Nixon hailed from North Carolina and released his first album in 1985.
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His song Elvis is Everywhere was released in 1987 – and was a hit with fans.
In the late eighties, he also turned to acting and even appeared in the film Great Balls of Fire! starring Dennis Quaid.
He then turned to radio and was a co-host on SiriusXM.
Two years ago, a documentary about his life called The Mojo Manifesto: The Life and Times of Mojo Nixon, came out.
He previously told The Times he came up with his stage name while drinking at a bar in the ’80s.
”It’s two words that shouldn’t go together,” he reportedly said.
According to Variety, he summed up his career by saying: “Mojo Nixon wanted to be Richard Pryor. He’s like Richard Pryor’s stupid cousin if he was white and played in a rockabilly band. I’d say things that simultaneously shocked people and spoke the truth.
“I don’t have that much talent, but what I do have is an enormous amount of enthusiasm.”
“As Mr. Rotten used to call it, ‘An unlimited supply!'”