, the eccentric country singer-songwriter whose musings, novels, one-liners and quixotic gubernatorial run made him a folk hero, died at age 79 at his home in Texas.on X announcing his death read. “Kinkster endured tremendous pain & unthinkable loss in recent years but he never lost his fighting spirit and quick wit. Kinky will live on as his books are read and his songs are sung.
In 2006, Friedman ran a longshot and humorous campaign for governor of Texas, managing to earn 12 percent of the vote. “I got my last will and testament worked out,” Friedman said in 2014, in one of his favorite catchphrases. “When I die, I’m going to be cremated and the ashes are to be thrown in Rick Perry’s hair.
After a series of cult albums failed to register commercially, Friedman switched gears and embarked on a successful career as a novelist and, eventually, a columnist atHawk Tuah Girl Has Already Sold at Least $65,000 Worth of Merch'The Bear' Season 3 Is Everything You've Been Waiting For and More Following his death, Friedman’s estate posted an excerpt from one of his columns in 1993, this one about his lifelong devotion to animals: “They say when you die and go to heaven all the dogs and cats you’ve ever had in your life come running to meet you.