{"id":4267,"date":"2024-12-01T03:08:08","date_gmt":"2024-11-30T22:08:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/us\/?p=4267"},"modified":"2024-12-01T03:31:05","modified_gmt":"2024-11-30T22:31:05","slug":"icon-dead-with-heavy-hearts-we-announce-the-passing-when-you-find-out-who-he-is-you-will-cry-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/us\/icon-dead-with-heavy-hearts-we-announce-the-passing-when-you-find-out-who-he-is-you-will-cry-2\/","title":{"rendered":"MUSIC ICON DEAD. With heavy hearts, we announce the passing. When you find out who he is, you will cry\u2026."},"content":{"rendered":"

MUSICIAN 79-year-old Richard \u201cKinky\u201d Friedman has died.<\/p>\n

\u201cKinky Friedman stepped on a rainbow at his beloved Echo Hill surrounded by family & friends,\u201d it stated.<\/p>\n

\u201cKinkster endured tremendous pain & unthinkable loss in recent years but he never lost his fighting spirit and quick wit.\u201d
\n\u201cKinky will live on as his books are read and his songs are sung,\u201d the post said.<\/p>\n

He finished the University of Texas at Austin and was a writer.<\/p>\n

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It wasn\u2019t clear when he died exactly.<\/p>\n

Additionally, Kinky ran for governor of Texas in 2006 as an independent candidate.<\/p>\n

Kings Arthur & the Carrots was Kinky\u2019s first band, which he started at UT.<\/p>\n

Schawinn 24\/Beach Party Boo Boo was the only song they recorded in 1966.<\/p>\n

The band King Arthur & The Carrots made fun of surf music.<\/p>\n

Seven years later, in 1973, Richard started his second band, Kinky Friedman and The Texas Jewboys.<\/p>\n

In 1974, Kinky released his first album, which was simply called Kinky.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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