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Richard Samet "Kinky" Friedman (November 1, 1944 – June 27, 2024) [a] was an American singer, songwriter, novelist, humorist, politician, and columnist for Texas Monthly, who styled himself in the mold of popular American satirists Will Rogers and Mark Twain.
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Jun 27, 2024 · Richard “Kinky” Friedman — the provocative and flamboyant Texas satirist who mounted a spirited campaign for governor in 2006 and was known for his boundary-pushing music and deep love for...
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Jun 27, 2024 · Richard Samet Friedman was born on Nov. 1, 1944, in Chicago to Thomas Friedman, a psychologist, and Minnie (Samet) Friedman, a speech therapist.
Jun 27, 2024 · A rabble-rousing man of letters with a penchant for self-mythology and a deep love of animals, whose music and writing was admired by everyone from Bob Dylan to Bill Clinton, musician, author and...
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Jun 27, 2024 · Friedman, whose real name was Richard Friedman, grew up in Texas and formed his first band, King Arthur & the Carrots, when he was a student at the University of Texas.
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Jun 27, 2024 · Friedman’s friend, Cleve Hattersley, also confirmed his death to the Texas Tribune, telling the outlet that the musician (real name Richard Samet Friedman) had Parkinson’s disease.
Jun 27, 2024 · Richard Samet Friedman was born in 1944 in Chicago, the son of two Jewish progressives who soon moved the family to Houston and began operating Echo Hill Ranch, a summer camp that Friedman’s...