1.0The Texas Observerhttps://www.texasobserver.orgGeoff Ripshttps://www.texasobserver.org/author/geoff-rips/In Memoriamrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="gMfsKpG9oM"><a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/1262-in-memoriam-remembering-maury-maverick-jr/">In Memoriam</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.texasobserver.org/1262-in-memoriam-remembering-maury-maverick-jr/embed/#?secret=gMfsKpG9oM" width="600" height="338" title="“In Memoriam” — The Texas Observer" data-secret="gMfsKpG9oM" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script>
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Maury was the only person I’ve ever known who made being cantankerous a virtue. Maury looked at the world from an oblique angle. You could see it in the way he stood, one hand in his pocket, his head cocked to the side as if to say you can’t see things right if you’re looking […]https://www.texasobserver.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/about-the-texas-observer.jpg740402