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His career spanned several decades, during which he became a close friend and collaborator of Willie Nelson. The cause of death was Parkinson\u2019s disease, according to Texas Tribune.Early in his life, Friedman relocated to Austin for college and ventured overseas with the Peace Corps to Borneo, before ultimately settling in Nashville in the early Seventies to pursue songwriting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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