The son of Hunter S. Thompson says the author shot himself to death at his Aspen-area home.

[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.

[rcocean]

There seem to be FReepers who get very upset when you are anything but positive when someone dies. Some as a general rule, others just love the person being discussed and don't want to hear bad things.

Frankly, if someone was a liberal, horrible person, enemy of the country, I think we should point that out. Politely.

After all, as you state this is a conservative forum, and we are talking about public figures.

[Chad Fairbanks]

My momma always told me that If I couldn't say something nice, don't say anything at all, but all I heard was "Blah blah blah"...

Mental Illness is a b***h, eh Hunter?

[theFIRMbss]

>Mental Illness is a b***h, eh Hunter?

He couldn't go on
knowing Sandra Dee wasn't
out there any more . . .

[highflight]

I wonder how many people over 40 care? They are the future after all.

[NormsRevenge]

LOL.. I was pulling all kinds of titles out of my head last night.

goin' gonzo, I reckun.

Thanks!

[highflight]

"And that, I think, was the handle - that sense of inevitable victory over the forces of Old and Evil. Not in any mean or military sense; we didn't need that. Our energy would simply prevail. There was no point in fighting - on our side or theirs. We had all the momentum; we were riding the crest of a high and beautiful wave . . ."

How special........the victory over those forces had been won with the blood and sacrifice of young, patriotic military conscripts...allowing the vagabonds of the sixties to enjoy their hedonistic pleasures. The children of the 90's are reaping that self indulgent whirlwind.

Thanks very much Hunter S***T

[highflight]

OMG 666 - I hope I am not cursed...........damn.

[discostu]

The best passage he ever wrote. Captures the end of the 60s, and what happened when a bunch of idealistic stoned people ran into the real world, and their wave broke. I guess there really is no one tending the light at the end of the tunnel. The world is a much less interesting place now that hotels no longer need to fear HST.

[rwfromkansas]

The ironic thing is that suicide ensures damnation in hell.

[TheSpottedOwl]

May his soul rest in peace. Damn, I wonder if my son knows yet. Thompson's books made my son actually want to read :(

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caption: Author Hunter S. Thompson, left, is escorted out of the motorcade car of Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., at Aspen-Pitkin Co./Sardy Field Airport in Aspen, Colo. on Monday, June 21, 2004. The man at right is unidentified. Thompson, the acerbic counterculture writer who popularized a new form of journalism in books like 'Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas,' fatally shot himself Sunday night, Feb, 20, 2005 at his Aspen-area home, his son said. He was 67. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu) comment: He couldn't take another 4 more years with Bush in the WH. Tough duck!

[Westerby]

"His later rants lost their comedy"

He was a permanent juvenile who wrote for other permanent juveniles.

He lost nothing. You grew out of adolescence. He didn't.

[Feiny]

When asked in a recent interview if he had any regrets, his response was dimissive. "Those I have are so minor. Would I leave my Keith Richards hat with the silver skull on it in the coffee shop at LaGuardia? I wouldn't do that again. But overall, no. I don't have any regrets."

[Bacon Man]

In your memory, Bacon and Hap and Xena's Guy and I will check into a Las Vegas hotel under phony names with intent to commit capital fraud and heads full of acid.

Rememeber our cover, we all have heart conditions.

[Borges]

Congratulations, you're now batting 1.000 at calling people who disagree with you trolls. Why don't you look over my dozens upon dozens of posts here. Regards.

[HAL9000]

From Lucianne.com -

Reply 37 - Posted by: LComStaff, 2/21/2005 9:20:34 AM

We never reveal who our posters are while they are alive but we don't think Hunter would be offended if now, in death, we let you know that he posted here for years. His site ID was 'Catalina.' He had some interesting things to say.

If that surprises, you'd REALLY be surprised at who else is here right now. We're smiling

[jjbrouwer]

Unbelievable. This creep trolls a thread about another person's death. And then accuses OTHERS of being trolls.

[Dane]

We never reveal who our posters are while they are alive but we don't think Hunter would be offended if now, in death, we let you know that he posted here for years. His site ID was 'Catalina.' He had some interesting things to say

Wow man, deeeeep, his screen name at Lucianne's place was an island off of Southern California and a type of Kraft salad dressing.

[RepublicanReptile]

Not that I am aware of, but he was highly private, and the reason I knew of Juan before the obit is that the book of Hunter's letters I read covered his birth. It is possible. I can't think why someone would lie about being his kid.

[rbg81]

By whom, exactly?
I hope by his family.
In 100 years, no one will have heard of him or read his books.
Maybe he just looked back upon his life and asked, "Is that all there is?"
Sad. Very sad.

Gee, seems like you can say that about 99.99% of us. I'm not famous, so yeah, I guess it will be up to my family to remember me 100 years from now. If I'm just a picture in a photo album, does that mean my life had no purpose? You seem to have a very high threshold for having a meaningful life. If I follow your logic, then why bother doing anything 'cause we may not be remembered anyway. I'm not sure who exactly would pass your test, except maybe US Presidents and inventors like Edison & Ford.

Furthermore, I think people WILL be reading his books 100 years from now. They may not be bestsellers, but they will be classics that document the times in which he lived. I actually have a lot of respect for HST. Read his book, Proud Highway, which is actually a compendium of his letters from the time he was a teenager till the mid 70s. It shows what he went through to get where he was. This was not a man who achieved fame by accident--it involved a lot of hard work, hardship, and sacrifice. I can understand why a lot of FREEPERS would dislike him, but he was a lot more of a free-spirted entreprenuer than most members of this site.