Courtesy of Sarah Taft Michael Hurley did not want to end his week in Knoxville. The idiosyncratic songwriter and cartoonist had been coming to the East Tennessee city for decades, but his trip ...

Michael Hurley did not want to end his week in Knoxville. The idiosyncratic songwriter and cartoonist had been coming to the East Tennessee city for decades, but his trip there over the last ...

Michael Hurley did not want to end his week in Knoxville. The idiosyncratic songwriter and cartoonist had been coming to the East Tennessee city for decades, but his trip there over the last weekend ...

I had seen him five days before, texting friends who knew of his ailments a photo, proof of life. I wallowed a little as I walked, then, sad that someone who always seemed so alive was now dead. I put ...