{"id":18986,"date":"2024-12-24T12:57:31","date_gmt":"2024-12-24T12:57:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/topnewsin34.info\/?p=18986"},"modified":"2024-12-24T12:57:31","modified_gmt":"2024-12-24T12:57:31","slug":"celebrating-the-life-of-a-country-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/topnewsin34.info\/?p=18986","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating the Life of a Country Music"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The country music world is mourning the loss of Richard \u201cKinky\u201d Friedman,<\/p>\n<p>a beloved artist and satirist who passed away at his home in Texas in late<\/p>\n<p>June at the age of 79. Known for his sharp wit, unique musical style,<\/p>\n<p>and colorful personality, Friedman left an indelible mark on the country music scene and beyond.<\/p>\n<p>Clive Hattersley, a lifelong friend, paid tribute to Friedman as a gifted<\/p>\n<p>communicator who could evoke powerful emotions through his art, whether<\/p>\n<p>tears or laughter. Hattersley also revealed that Friedman had been<\/p>\n<p>battling Parkinson\u2019s disease, which had affected his health in recent years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The country music world is mourning the loss of Richard \u201cKinky\u201d Friedman, a beloved artist and satirist who passed away at his home in Texas in late June at the age of 79. Known for his sharp wit, unique musical style, and colorful personality, Friedman left an indelible mark on the country music scene and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18988,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18986","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/topnewsin34.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18986","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/topnewsin34.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/topnewsin34.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topnewsin34.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topnewsin34.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18986"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/topnewsin34.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18986\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18989,"href":"https:\/\/topnewsin34.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18986\/revisions\/18989"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topnewsin34.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/18988"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/topnewsin34.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topnewsin34.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18986"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topnewsin34.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}