Kinky Friedman, the satirical and often provocative musician, author and one-time politician, has died at the age of 79. “Kinky Friedman stepped on a rainbow at his beloved Echo Hill surrounded by family and friends,” read a post on his social media. “Kinkster endured tremendous pain and 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 the end, he received 12.6 per cent of the votes among six candidates. Born in Chicago, Friedman grew up in Texas and attended the University of Texas at Austin to study psychology. An interest in music led him to form King Arthur and the Carrots followed by Kinky Friedman and the Texas Jewboys, which he described as a “country band with a social conscience, a demented love child of Lenny Bruce and Bob Wills”.
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