Kinky Friedman

Person · Open Library

Born

1 Nov 1944

Died

2024

Works

49

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Country

US

Active from

1944-10-31

Active to

2024-06-26

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

20,626

Total plays

187,138

Kinky Friedman was American singer-songwriter (and novelist, humorist, politician, and magazine columnist) Richard Samet Friedman (born in Chicago on 31 October 1944; died 26 June 2024) remembered for how he styled himself in the mold of popular American satirists Will Rogers and Mark Twain. His nickname "Kinky" was because of his curly hair. He also performed and recorded as Kinky Friedman and the Texas Jewboys. Born to Jewish parents, Dr. S. Thomas Friedman and his wife Minnie (Samet) Friedm

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

1. The Elements of Statistical Learning

   · 2009 · cited 23,141x

2. Greedy function approximation: A gradient boosting machine.

   · 2001 · cited 21,645x

3. Full-length transcriptome assembly from RNA-Seq data without a reference genome

   · 2011 · cited 19,395x

4. Regularization Paths for Generalized Linear Models via Coordinate Descent

   · 2010 · cited 14,353x

5. The Unity and Diversity of Executive Functions and Their Contributions to Complex “Frontal Lobe” Tasks: A Latent Variable Analysis

   · 2000 · cited 11,838x

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Quotes

• “Let Saigons be bygones / Don't you blow this world in two.”
• “"Poly" means more than one, and ticks are bloodsucking parasites.”
• “Find what you like, and let it kill you.”

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Official website

Kinkyfriedman.com

Official website for Author, Singer-songwriter, Humorist, and Governor of the Heart Of Texas, Kinky Friedman., Official website for Author, Singer-songwriter, Humorist, and Governor of the Heart Of Texas, Kinky Friedman.

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Given name

Richard

Family name

Friedman

Gender

male

Citizenship

United States

Place of birth

Chicago

Place of death

Medina

Occupation

opinion journalist

Political party

Republican Party (United States)

Languages spoken

English language

Native language

English language

Religion

Judaism

Field of work

opinion journalism

Genre

country music

Instrument

voice

Record label

Epic Records

Official website

www.kinkyfriedman.com

Image

Kinky friedman 2013.jpg

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