Mojo Nixon, the irreverent musician, DJ, and actor best known for his 1987 hit "Elvis is Everywhere," died from cardiac arrest on February 7, 2024. He was 66 years old.

Nixon, born Neill Kirby McMillan Jr., passed away aboard the annual Outlaw Country Cruise, where he had performed the night before. He was a regular fixture on the cruise as both performer and co-host.

Throughout his career, Nixon recorded multiple albums both solo and with collaborators like The Toadliquors and Jello Biafra. He was known for his satirical songs targeting pop culture figures, including "Debbie Gibson is Pregnant with My Two-Headed Love Child" and "Don Henley Must Die." In the late 1990s, he transitioned to radio, becoming a DJ at SiriusXM.

Nixon also appeared in several films, including roles in the Jerry Lee Lewis biopic "Great Balls of Fire" (1989) and the Super Mario Bros. movie (1993).

His family announced his passing with characteristic humor: "How you live is how you should die. Mojo Nixon was full-tilt, wide-open, rock hard, root hog, corner on two wheels, and on fire... A cardiac event on the Outlaw Country Cruise is about right, and that's just how he did it."

Nixon once described himself saying, "I don't have that much talent, but what I do have is an enormous amount of enthusiasm. 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."

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