Austin icon Leslie Cochran dies at age 60

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Austin icon Leslie Cochran dies at age 60

By Patrick Beach | Thursday, March 8, 2012, 02:02 PM

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An Austin icon is dead, and Austin just got a lot less weird.

Leslie Cochran — the city's flesh-flashing, cross-dressing, attention-loving, frequently homeless mascot, unofficial ambassador and sometimes mayoral candidate — died about 12:30 a.m. at Christopher House, an inpatient hospice, his sister Alice Masterson said. He was 60.

A memorial parade will depart City Hall for Sixth Street starting at 7:30 p.m. today, and attendees are encouraged to wear boas and tiaras. Cochran's colorful life will be celebrated in a service at 2 p.m. Sunday near the Fannie Davis Gazebo on the Lady Bird Lake Hike and Bike Trail, north of South First Street and Riverside Drive.