{"id":7604,"date":"2026-01-12T20:54:49","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T20:54:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/realnewsz13.store\/?p=7604"},"modified":"2026-01-12T20:55:04","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T20:55:04","slug":"deceased-country-music-artist-and-storyteller-found","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/realnewsz13.store\/?p=7604","title":{"rendered":"Deceased Country Music Artist And Storyteller Found"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"image-link\" href=\"https:\/\/notebook11.store\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/612399820_122266746674021378_6863634921966907775_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-hitmag-featured size-hitmag-featured wp-post-image\" src=\"https:\/\/notebook11.store\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/612399820_122266746674021378_6863634921966907775_n-526x400.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 526px) 100vw, 526px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/notebook11.store\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/612399820_122266746674021378_6863634921966907775_n-526x400.jpg 526w, https:\/\/notebook11.store\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/612399820_122266746674021378_6863634921966907775_n-290x220.jpg 290w\" alt=\"\" width=\"526\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">In a twist that surprised everyone, Texas lost one of its most vibrant, controversial, and fearless voices.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Richard \u201cKinky\u201d Friedman, whose life story reads like a character out of one of his own novels, left a void at the heart of Texas culture when he died at the age of 79. Friedman is known for his larger-than-life personality.<\/p>\n<p>Was a man who defied expectations and embraced his unique style, whether as a satirist, musician, comedian, or political figure. With a career spanning decades, Kinky has not only entertained but also provoked, challenged, and inspired.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a twist that surprised everyone, Texas lost one of its most vibrant, controversial, and fearless voices. Richard \u201cKinky\u201d Friedman, whose life story reads like a character out of one &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7605,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7604","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/realnewsz13.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7604","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/realnewsz13.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/realnewsz13.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/realnewsz13.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/realnewsz13.store\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7604"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/realnewsz13.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7604\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7607,"href":"https:\/\/realnewsz13.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7604\/revisions\/7607"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/realnewsz13.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7605"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/realnewsz13.store\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/realnewsz13.store\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/realnewsz13.store\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}