I always wondered why he blew his brains out with his beloved 44 magnum with his family right in the next room
Likely drunk and despondent
He had demons for sure
He could barely maintain rational thoughts at times in interviews
Garcia and Weir in that Tom Snyder interview where they were supposedly tripping looks more lucid than some of Hunters
He sure feared 81 though
He pissed em off
Despair, depression, drink, drugs. Add a pinch of nihilism, mix with firearms.
It’s my suspicion that the irreligious don’t handle bleak adversity as well as those who think that there is something more than a pointless existence. Christianity added hope to the noble stoics.