Perhaps it's time to determine if this was really a self inflicted gunshot?
With every bit of news that comes out about this situation, the more self-absorbed this fool shows himself to be. It's obvious that he tried very hard to make his suicide appear archetypal. How amazingly pompous and overly self-entralled. In the end, he's just like all the other weaklings who blew out their brains because they just didn't have the fortitude to face the realities of life and couldn't handle that they weren't the center of the universe.
Good riddance to a journalistic and, indeed a human, waste.
Hunter S. Thompson's body was found in a chair in the kitchen in front of his typewriter...Yeah, but his head was on the other side of the room.
He shoulda just thrown a live tape player into the bathtub. Woulda been easier to clean.
Would have been better if he typed:
"Bang"
Reminds me of Heathers where whats-his-name underlines the word "Eskimo" in Moby Dick.
The man was a full blown alcoholic. Why do we debate the actions of an alcoholic when it is virtually impossible (as well of a waste of time) to try and interpret it? The man was throwing the ultimate temper tantrum and like a child the message was "LOOK AT ME, LOOK AT ME." The end of a tragic and ultimately self destructive life.
At least he kept his dignity, unlike all us rubes.
/sarcasm
it's the boomer generation "look at me, i'm more important than you":
bill 'n hill
baba streisland
baba boxer
jane fonda
john kerry
tom heyden
etc
counselor?
Maybe the PEST sessions weren't working.
OK, Sports Fans, let us look at the evidence.
1) HST was big buddies with the local Law
2) Odd story of demise
3) Book sales sky rocket
4) No public viewing of body
I predict that the future will have tales of Hunter faking his death.
A soft-sided gun case was found at Thompson's feet along with a spent shell casing, according to reports.
Shell case at his feet? How did it end up there? Every autoloader I've ever shot throws expended cases anywhere from 5 feet away to low earth orbit.
"As your 'counselor,' I'd advise you not to put a loaded gun to your head and pull the trigger!"
Especially if your grand children and other family members are in the house, you self serving egotistical SOB.\
Good riddance
No sense of humor.
He should have typed "Rosebud".
Kinda apropo.