Obituaries by Molly Ivins

“He fought, sequentially, the Japanese in the Pacific during World War II, the mob in Galveston, the pinheads in the Texas Legislature, racism in East Texas and sourpusses at all times and on all fronts. He loved running rivers in Texas, riding motorcycles in Mexico, freedom, justice, his kids, several wives and women in general, country music, beer, food, camping, and people.” Read more

“Hall liked to try to get his more liberal friends to be more pragmatic and his less liberal friends to be more principled.” Read more

“I loved Sh-t, but she was quite wearing. I used to think wistfully that other dogs got dognapped or hit by cars. . . . Then one day, Sh-t did get hit by a car, but she didn’t die: it just cost me $700 to get her leg fixed. She gimped around thereafter on this bionic leg, becoming more Sh-t-like by the year. The dog was a catalyst for trouble, disruption, uproar, consternation, confusion and bedlam.” Read more

“Wiseman loved dogs and children almost equally, but it was a golden Lab named Tex who always got to ride shotgun in the car. This caused Wiseman to go off to court many a time smelling strongly of dog, and with a generous dusting of Lab hairs on his blue suit, adding a certain je ne sais quoi to the cause of civil liberty.” Read more