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    Kinky Friedman, provocative satirist and one-time gubernatorial candidate, dies at 79

    By Joshua FechterEmily Foxhall The Texas Tribune,

    25 days ago
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    Buy Now Singer-songwriter and author Richard "Kinky" Friedman speaks at the 40th anniversary of Sally Beauty Co. on March 17, 2005, at company headquarters in Denton. Friedman announced his candidacy in February to run for governor in 2006. Gary Payne/DRC file photo

    Richard “Kinky” Friedman — the provocative and flamboyant Texas satirist who mounted a spirited campaign for governor in 2006 — has died. He was 79.

    Friedman died at his longtime home at Echo Hill Ranch in Medina, said his friends Cleve Hattersley, in an interview, and Kent Perkins, on social media. He had Parkinson’s disease, Hattersley said.

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