Laurie Buffett McGuane and her husband ... a statement shared to social media that accompanied a photo of him sitting on a boat. “Jimmy passed away peacefully on the night of September 1st ...

Laurie Buffett McGuane opens up to PEOPLE about the loss of her beloved older brother Rachel DeSantis is a senior writer on the music team at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2019 ...

They were the late Jimmy Buffett's longtime band ... There may have been a tear here or there when they ran photos of Buffett on the video screens, but that's not what the evening was about.