# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kinky-friedman
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:12:49.132Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kinky-friedman"
name: "Kinky Friedman"
slug: "kinky-friedman"
description: "Richard Samet \"Kinky\" Friedman was an American singer, songwriter, novelist, humorist, politician, and columnist for Texas Monthly, who styled himself in the mold of popular American satirists Will Rogers and Mark Twain."
tagline: "American singer, songwriter, novelist, humorist, politician, and columnist (1944–2024)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kinky_friedman_2006.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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profileType:
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  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1944-10-31"
deathDate: "2024-06-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.001488095238095238
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  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm0295273"
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    url:       "http://www.kinkyfriedman.com"
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    title: "Kinky Friedman"
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    title: "Kinky Friedman"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump