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Born 82 Years Ago Today in Chicago, the Outlaw Country Rebel Who Parodied Merle Haggard and Later Ran for Texas Governor

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LAS VEGAS, NV - Singer Kinky Friedman on stage on November 5,1979 in Las Vegas , Nevada. (Photo by Santi Visalli/Getty Images) Kinky Friedman, the larger-than-life singer-songwriter and satirist who ran for governor of Texas, would have turned 82 today. The post Born 82 Years Ago Today in Chicago, the Outlaw Country Rebel Who Parodied Merle Haggard and Later Ran for Texas Governor appeared first on American Songwriter .

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