He was not perfect but he was on our side and Texas will be poorer without him. I hope he and Molly Ivins will be pranking the TX GOP together from wherever they are now.
maybe you don't want to hear this but he uh has cancelled some shows coming up this summer and this morning I told my wife I would probably need a couple days off if and when...
Dear God, I forgot this quote, which my dad sent to me after our beloved dog died and which makes me come apart every time I remember it, originated with Kinky. What a goddamn legend
Saw him in the Lone Star Cafe, NYC . Must have been 1980 or 1981! Never heard of him, same for Robin Williams who showed up at that same performance!
(I had just arrived in the US)!
Oh no—the crowning moment of my would-be rock stardom in 1990s Austin Texas was pulling strings to get Kinky to autograph a book for my dad. He signed it “Yours in Christ, Kinky ✡️” RIP
“Following his death, Friedman’s estate posted an excerpt from one of his columns in 1993, this one about his lifelong devotion to animals: ‘They say when you die and go to heaven all the dogs and cats you’ve ever had in your life come running to meet you.’”
RIP sir, RIP.
