Ron Book remembers friendship with Jimmy Buffett: ‘I’ll never forget the laughs we shared’
As word of Jimmy Buffett’s death spread Saturday in news and on social media, many Floridians whose lives the singer-songwriter touched joined a chorus of those honoring him.
Prominent South Florida-based lobbyist Ron Book, who befriended Buffett in the early 1980s and later worked on his behalf, is adding his voice to the mix.
The two met when Book was working with former Gov. Bob Graham and Buffett, an environmental conservationist, sought more governmental action to protect endangered manatees.
The result was the 1981 establishment of the Save the Manatees Committee — a precursor today’s Save the Manatees Club — for which Buffett served as Chair.
Book told the Washington Post, “It was aft...
