Deceased Country Music Artist And Storyteller Found

Richard “Kinky” Friedman’s death closes a chapter that never really followed the rules of the book. He moved through life like a wandering headline: frontman of a country band that mocked sacred cows, novelist with a cigarette and a punchline, political candidate who turned outrage into performance art and sincerity into a dare. He was crass, brilliant, infuriating, and deeply, relentlessly human.