Jerry Jeff Walker, Texas Singer and Songwriter, Dies at 78

Jerry Jeff Walker, Texas Singer and Songwriter, Dies at 78
Musician Jerry Jeff Walker poses backstage during day two of California's Stagecoach Country Music Festival held at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, Calif., on April 26, 2009. Frazer Harrison/Getty Images
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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 Press.