![Eric Gay FILE - Musician and author Kinky Friedman smokes a cigar at his ranch near Medina, Texas, Friday, Jan. 21, 2005. Friedman, the singer, songwriter, satirist and novelist who also dabbled in Texas politics with a campaign for governor, died Thursday at his family’s Texas ranch near San Antonio. He was 79. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/183f1fd8667a42439bc2ec5aef6ba394/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
FILE - Musician and author Kinky Friedman smokes a cigar at his ranch near Medina, Texas, Friday, Jan. 21, 2005. Friedman, the singer, songwriter, satirist and novelist who also dabbled in Texas politics with a campaign for governor, died Thursday at his family’s Texas ranch near San Antonio. He was 79. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)
![Sam Craft FILE - Kinky Friedman performs a comedy act Thursday Aug. 16, 2012 in Paris Texas at the LMAO Comedy Club. Friedman, the singer, songwriter, satirist and novelist who also dabbled in Texas politics with a campaign for governor, died Thursday at his family’s Texas ranch near San Antonio. He was 79. (Sam Craft/The Paris News via AP, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/932723592a9c470fb250a8e1c4e7820f/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
FILE - Kinky Friedman performs a comedy act Thursday Aug. 16, 2012 in Paris Texas at the LMAO Comedy Club. Friedman, the singer, songwriter, satirist and novelist who also dabbled in Texas politics with a campaign for governor, died Thursday at his family’s Texas ranch near San Antonio. He was 79. (Sam Craft/The Paris News via AP, File)
![Eric Gay FILE - In this Nov. 7, 2009 file photo, Independent gubernatorial candidate Kinky Friedman talks with the media at his campaign headquarters in Austin, Texas. Friedman, the singer, songwriter, satirist and novelist who also dabbled in Texas politics with a campaign for governor, died Thursday at his family’s Texas ranch near San Antonio. He was 79. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, file)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/e2cd9e06cc974a44be0697fed134cad2/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
FILE - In this Nov. 7, 2009 file photo, Independent gubernatorial candidate Kinky Friedman talks with the media at his campaign headquarters in Austin, Texas. Friedman, the singer, songwriter, satirist and novelist who also dabbled in Texas politics with a campaign for governor, died Thursday at his family’s Texas ranch near San Antonio. He was 79. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, file)
![Smiley N. Pool FILE - Texas gubernatorial candidate Kinky Friedman, left, listens as Gov. Rick Perry makes a comment during an on-air debate in Dallas on Oct. 6, 2006. Friedman, the singer, songwriter, satirist and novelist who also dabbled in Texas politics with a campaign for governor, died Thursday at his family’s Texas ranch near San Antonio. He was 79. (AP Photo/Smiley N. Pool, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/a534a14a6a374ba293980ab2a06484c5/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
FILE - Texas gubernatorial candidate Kinky Friedman, left, listens as Gov. Rick Perry makes a comment during an on-air debate in Dallas on Oct. 6, 2006. Friedman, the singer, songwriter, satirist and novelist who also dabbled in Texas politics with a campaign for governor, died Thursday at his family’s Texas ranch near San Antonio. He was 79. (AP Photo/Smiley N. Pool, File)
![Harry Cabluck FILE - Texas independent gubernatorial candidate Kinky Friedman is shown at home waiting his turn at the pool table Monday, Nov. 6, 2006, in Austin, Texas. Friedman, the singer, songwriter, satirist and novelist who also dabbled in Texas politics with a campaign for governor, died Thursday at his family’s Texas ranch near San Antonio. He was 79. (AP Photo/Harry Cabluck, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/b70a1e4e33244f80b7951d204c95fbd8/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
FILE - Texas independent gubernatorial candidate Kinky Friedman is shown at home waiting his turn at the pool table Monday, Nov. 6, 2006, in Austin, Texas. Friedman, the singer, songwriter, satirist and novelist who also dabbled in Texas politics with a campaign for governor, died Thursday at his family’s Texas ranch near San Antonio. He was 79. (AP Photo/Harry Cabluck, File)