Posted on 02/20/2005 8:14:19 PM PST by HAL9000
AP News Alert
ASPEN, Colo. (AP) -- The son of Hunter S. Thompson says the author shot himself to death at his Aspen-area home.
He always did like guns though. And tall glasses of Crown Royal. Wonder if there was a connection.
Honestky don't know...
He was a self-indulgent minor talent who fried his brains on acid years ago. A permanent adolescent whose reputation was built on an ability to figuratively moon in public on a perpetual basis.
Like literary Stern - a shock-jock. Nothing less.
Nothing more.
I saw an article shortly after the election that said that he had some famous people, celebs and politicos over to his house on election night---he had chilled a magnum of champagne to celebrate Kerry's win---he was convinced that Kerry would win---
Anyway, the article said that he was pretty devastated that Bush won again---
I prolly read it here on FR, since I have moved in 24/7, yep, here to stay, so someone might remember this also--
RIP--he obviously needed this to BE at peace---
Whatever you may think of the man's politics, when he was at his best as a "gonzo journalist" in the 70's, he was peerless.
It's sad to see a man become a caricature of himself, and unfortunately that's what Thompson became in his later years.
Or Vegas Vacation.
I appreciate it.
-good times, G.J.P.(Jr.)
Wow...fitting ending to a weird life.
OK. I'll leave FR as penance.
Wow. Thompson and Sandra Dee on the same day?
Talk about two ends of the spectrum...
Yikes last time I saw Hunter he was the desk clerk at some fleabag in San Francisco.
Drugs are great!!!
Hunter Thompson commits suicide
By Troy Hooper
Special to The Denver PostWoody Creek, Colo. - Hunter S. Thompson died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound at his home in Woody Creek on Sunday night. He was 67.
Regarded as one of the most legendary writers of the 20th century, Thompson is best known for the 1972 classic "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas." He is also credited with pioneering gonzo journalism - a style of writing that breaks tradition rules of news reporting and is purposefully slanted.
Pitkin County Sheriff Bob Braudis, who is a close personal friend of Thompson, confirmed the death. His son, Juan, found him Sunday evening.
"On Feb. 20, Dr. Hunter S. Thompson took his life with a gunshot to the head at his fortified compound in Woody Creek, Colorado. The family will shortly provide more information about memorial service and media contacts. Hunter prized his privacy and we ask that his friends and admirers respect that privacy as well as that of his family," Juan Thompson said in a statement released to the Aspen Daily News.
"Details and interviews may be forthcoming when the family has had the time to recover from the trauma of the tragedy," Braudis said in an interview from Owl Farm, the rural Woody Creek home he moved into in the 1960s.
Thompson grew up in Kentucky. He is married to Anita Thompson, who grew up in Fort Collins. His son Juan lives and works in Denver. His grandson is William Thompson.
Thompson's books include "Hell's Angels," "The Proud Highway" and his most recent effort, "Hey Rube: Blood Sport, the Bush Doctrine, and The Downward Spiral of Dumbness."
dont do that....we forgive you
Possibly!? Possibly? Ahem...definitely.
Swimming to Cambodia was wonderful.
He could have been ill with something and decided to take matters into his own hands. I guess this dovetails into some of the other threads we have going about assisted suicide if it's the case.
I always thought it a little odd that the person who turned me on to this book in college was the absolutely most conservative guy I knew on campus.
"possibly" ???
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