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He was the kind of Texan you couldn\u2019t invent because no one would believe you. Richard \u201cKinky\u201d Friedman blurred every line: country singer with a Borscht Belt wit, mystery novelist with a poet\u2019s heart, Jewish cowboy running for governor with a campaign that felt like a traveling circus and a civics lesson rolled into one. He carried a cigar, a punchline, and a stubborn faith that Texas could laugh at itself and still fight for what mattered.<\/p>\n

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Behind the one-liners was a man who took compassion seriously, from animal rescue work at his beloved ranch to championing outsiders and oddballs. He made irreverence feel like a public service, a way of puncturing hypocrisy and defending humanity. In a state obsessed with mythic heroes, Kinky Friedman became something rarer: a living contradiction who never apologized for being impossible to categorize\u2014and, in doing so, gave others permission to be fully themselves.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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