Food & Drink
July 25, 2022
Cookbook Author and Culinary Anthropologist Diana Kennedy Dies at 99 in Mexico
Throughout her fifty-year career, the English-born cook influenced—and even advised—chefs of some of Texas’s best Mexican restaurants.
Obituaries
Music
June 7, 2022
Jim Seals, the Soft Rocker Who Helped Define the Sound of the ’70s, Has Died
Texas Monthly writer Michael Hall, who profiled Seals in 2020, reflects on some of the musician’s best stories.
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Michael Hall
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Books
April 26, 2022
Rolando Hinojosa-Smith Was a Literary Chronicler of Texas’s Borderlands
The award-winning writer and professor, who died April 19 at 93, was often compared to William Faulkner, but that doesn’t tell the whole story.
Music
April 12, 2022
Sister Bobbie Grounded Willie Nelson in His Music—and His Life
Bobbie Nelson, pianist and older sister to Texas music icon Willie Nelson, died Thursday morning at 91.
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John Spong
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Michael Hall
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The Stand Up Desk
March 28, 2022
Requiem for a Quiet Man
Texas Monthly remembers Jim Darilek, an early art director who helped give the magazine its characteristic look and swagger.
Books
February 21, 2022
Lars Eighner’s Memoir of Homelessness Struck Gold. He Still Struggled to Keep a Roof Over His Head.
The Texas writer, who died in December, caught lightning in a bottle with his celebrated 1993 book ‘Travels With Lizbeth,’ but he still couldn’t escape life on the margins.
Art
January 5, 2022
Fred Baldwin’s Life Was Worth 1,000 Pictures
Baldwin, who died in December, fought in Korea, met Picasso, traveled the world, and, with his wife, Wendy Watriss, made Houston a photography capital.
Sports
December 13, 2021
Dave Campbell Made Texas Football the Juggernaut It Is Today
The legendary sports journalist and founder of the indispensable magazine that bore his name died last week at the age of 96.
Art
November 20, 2021
Remembering Dave Hickey, Brilliant Art Critic and Renegade Texan
The celebrated Fort Worth writer and entrepreneur spent most of his life in exile from his home state. But it never lost its grip on his imagination.
Food & Drink
September 15, 2021
Remembering Dotty Griffith, Pioneering Food Journalist
Over a career spanning three decades, Griffith chronicled the evolution of Texas from a culinary backwater to a major player on the national scene.
Sports
August 9, 2021
The Highest Highs and Lowest Lows: Remembering Astros Great J.R. Richard
The right-hander, the onetime most-feared pitcher in baseball whose career was cut short by a devastating stroke, died last week at 71.
Music
June 30, 2021
Skid Row Front Man Johnny Solinger Was Rock and Roll Personified
The Dallas singer never quite became a huge star in his own right, but that didn't seem to bother him.
Sports
December 9, 2020
Fred Akers, 1938–2020: A Remembrance
The former Texas Longhorns head coach was “one of those guys ... you realize that part of your lifestyle is based on things you learned from him."
Music
November 1, 2020
Jerry Jeff Walker, Remembered by Lyle Lovett, Lucinda Williams, Dan Rather, and Many, Many Others
The New York–born singer-songwriter got to Texas as soon as he could—and spent the next five decades changing the lives of seemingly everyone he met.
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David Courtney
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Michael Hall
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Andy Langer
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Jeff Salamon
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John Spong
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Katy Vine
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Christian Wallace
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Arts & Entertainment
March 25, 2020
Remembering Terrence McNally, a Theater Heavyweight in Texas and Beyond
The visionary playwright, who grew up in South Texas, passed away this week from coronavirus-related complications.
Music
March 21, 2020
Kenny Rogers Was a Texas Country Singer Through and Through
The Houston icon, who passed away yesterday, sang a lot of other music too.
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Michael Hall
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Politics & Policy
February 16, 2020
Midland Oilman Clayton Williams (1931-2020): Winner in Business, Not in Politics
The colorful mogul lost the 1990 gubernatorial election after making a joke about rape and admitting to not paying some income taxes.
Art
December 28, 2019
An Appreciation: Bob “Daddy-O” Wade, Whose Art and Spirit Were as Big as Texas
The 76-year-old artist died just past midnight on Christmas Eve at his home in Austin.
Texas History
October 30, 2019
A Final Toast to the Quirkiest Little Dive Bar in the Piney Woods
Ray Gene, proprietor of Longview’s singular It’ll Do Tavern, passed away last weekend.
By
Wes Ferguson
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Music
October 3, 2019
Remembering the Rio Grande Valley Punk Scene Veteran Eric Fly
He was the sort of local icon that lives at the heart of every enduring, tight-knit music scene.
By
Dan Solomon
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Business
September 11, 2019
Remembering T. Boone Pickens, the “Aw-Shucks” Billionaire
The Dallas oilman and corporate raider's long, complicated history as an aw-shucks billionaire.
Music
September 11, 2019
Daniel Johnston Will Live on in Ways Few Artists Get To
The artist’s iconic ”Jeremiah” frog mural in Austin is seemingly indestructible, and so is his musical legacy.
By
Dan Solomon
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Libations
August 7, 2019
Bunny Becker, 1940–2019: Saying Goodbye to a Grand Dame of Texas Wine
From the Hill Country to the High Plains, the Texas wine industry remembers the woman known for her generous spirit and sharp palate.
Arts & Entertainment
July 26, 2019
How Katherine Owens Transformed Dallas Theater
The prolific avant-garde director, who died earlier this week, was an unparalleled innovator on North Texas stages.
News
July 12, 2019
The Last Boy Scout
Long before Texans had heard of “no pass, no play,” and before free trade was a major political issue, H. Ross Perot entered my life as a super-patriot who believed perseverance was the key to success.
Business
July 9, 2019
H. Ross Perot (1930-2019) Was a Larger-Than-Life Texan
The eccentric Texan billionaire and former two-time independent presidential candidate leaves an outsized legacy.
By
Dan Solomon
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Personal Essay
June 28, 2019
Farewell to the “Rambling Boy,” Lonn Taylor
The Fort Davis historian and raconteur knew and loved Texas and its people like no one else.
Books
June 25, 2019
Remembering Don Graham, the Demanding Critic Who Helped Put Texas Literature on the Map
The UT professor and longtime ’Texas Monthly’ contributor died on Saturday at the age of 79 after a stroke.
By
Jeff Salamon
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News & Politics
June 21, 2019
A Eulogy for Alan Peppard, the Arbiter of Dallas Society
Peppard was the last of his breed, covering with panache the feuds and foibles of his city’s bold-faced names.
Arts & Entertainment
January 5, 2019
Al Reinert, Who Chronicled Houston’s Space Age in Magazines and Film, Passes Away at 71
For the Renaissance man—a baseball player, a features writer, and an award-winning documentary filmmaker—the sky posed no limit.
News & Politics
January 4, 2019
How Herb Kelleher Made the World a Whole Lot Smaller
The Southwest Airlines cofounder was a pioneering entrepreneur who changed the way we travel. He was also a world-class wit, a bon vivant, and a not-so-closet intellectual.
Texas History
November 30, 2018
President George H. W. Bush Dies at 94
The 41st president's death comes less than eight months after that of his wife, Barbara.
News & Politics
May 24, 2017
“Racehorse” Haynes, 1927–2017
Remembering an unlikely, but legendary, criminal defense attorney.
Music
January 19, 2016
RIP, Paul Ray
The host of the beloved radio show "Twine Time" on KUTX in Austin died Friday at 73.
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Michael Hall
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The Culture
December 29, 2015
People We’ll Miss 2015
A humble send-off to some of the greatest Texans who died this year.
Critters
February 18, 2015
Fido Is Survived by His Water Bowl and Six Chew Toys
Considering the pet obituary.
Energy
November 12, 2014
Faded Royalty
Bunker Hunt, RIP.
Music
August 13, 2014
Sharp Tressed Man
Remembering Johnny Winter.
June 17, 2014
Stanley Marsh 3, the Infamous West Texas Eccentric, Has Died
The 76-year-old Amarilloan gained international fame for funding the Cadillac Ranch art installation, which turns forty this weekend. But his legacy was tainted by sordid allegations of sexual abuse.
Texas History
January 21, 2013
People We’ll Miss
Big Tex will be back. Sadly, we cannot the say same of Larry Hagman, Darrell Royal, Amarillo Slim, Leslie, and the many other Texans we lost in 2012.
The Culture
January 21, 2013
R.I.P. Big Tex
Big Tex went up in flames Friday.
Politics & Policy
January 21, 2013
Vocal Border Fence Opponent Dead at 63
Texas officials are mourning the untimely passing of Chad Foster, the former Eagle Pass mayor who became the face of border communities straddling the two nations.
The Culture
January 21, 2013
A Blow to Weird Austin
Leslie, homeless icon and local celebrity, passed away early Thursday morning.
The Culture
December 15, 2011
RIP Billie Jo Spears
The Beaumont-raised country crooner, known for the number-one hit "Blanket on the Ground," died of lung cancer at her home in Vidor.
Art
December 1, 1998
A Wild Life
A terrific and prolific photographer remembered.
Texas History
September 30, 1997
Hallie and Farewell
The life and legacy of a Texas icon.
Arts & Entertainment
January 1, 1997
To Die For
Obituaries are a grave matter, of course. But they can also be funny, insightful, and poetic, which is why I’m so obsessed with them.
Texas History
April 30, 1996
L. T. Felty
He never met a man who didn’t like him. L.T. Felty, who died March 17, was born in Hickory Creek, but he spent forty-plus years in Waxahachie, where his genial and helpful manner as a schoolteacher and coach earned him the unofficial title of Mr. Waxahachie. (Christened solely with rhyming
Politics & Policy
August 1, 1993
More Than Myth
John Connally’s forgotten legacy.
Politics & Policy
January 1, 1976
Remembering LBJ
Lyndon Johnson left an indelible impression on people—and a few black and blue marks, too.