Posted on 02/23/2005 6:09:11 PM PST by The Loan Arranger
DENVER (AP) - Hunter S. Thompson, the "gonzo journalist" with a penchant for drugs, guns and flame-thrower prose, might have one more salvo in store for everyone: Friends and relatives want to blast his ashes out of a cannon, just as he wished.
"If that's what he wanted, we'll see if we can pull it off," said historian Douglas Brinkley, a friend of Thompson's and now the family's spokesman.
Thompson, who shot himself to death at his Aspen-area home Sunday at 67, said several times he wanted an artillery send-off for his remains.
"There's no question, I'm sure that's what he would want," said Mike Cleverly, a longtime friend and neighbor. "Hunter truly loved that kind of thing."
Colorado fireworks impresario Marc Williams said it's doable.
"Oh, sweet. I'd love to. I would so love to," said Williams, 44, owner of Night Musick Inc. in suburban Denver and a fan of Thompson's writing.
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Kinda like puffed rice?
Well what about that "academic" nutcase in Colorado? When does he get this honor?
So glad that I don't live down wind.
Maybe they can shoot his ashes out of Ward Churchills A$$ ...
This guy was nothing but a miserable drunk and drug addict. Who the hell cares.
Leave it to Hunter S. Thompson to make a total ASH of himself.
I hope they have the foresight to point the cannon at John Denver's house......
Wow! That's pretty harsh!
The guy was definetely whacked out, but he sure made me laugh my backside off too many times to count.
When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro!
2 bad he can't take his admirers with him!
The country is a better place without him.
FindAGrave reports that his remains have already been scattered on his Colorado property. I happened upon the information...
But seriously, who in the world cares???
Amen. Folks put these wacked-out wierdos on a pedestal, like they are better. They're no better than the scum shootin up on the street. Not worth the skin off a working man's teeth. Sorry but I have no use for a miserable cowardly drunk.
If you can't tell the difference between a junkie bum and a talented writer like HST (especially his early work), then you are suffering from the inability to value things. It's typically a liberal symptom... the idea that things cannot be valued or that everything is "equivalent."
You don't have to like HST's message (I don't) to recognize that he had talent.
Well, I do. The guy was much more than you say. Yes, he drank alcohol, sometimes to excess; as do many here, including myself. I believe the drug usage was over-exaggerated, at least during the last half of his life. It was one of those things which enhanced his legend, and he let that be believed for any number of reasons. It's like Robert Johnson; Son House stated that Johnson sold his soul to the devil in order to be the best guitar player on earth. Ridiculous on it's face, but almost every bio I've read on Johnson repeats the story.
Hunter was very conservative in many respects (he loved firearms for one) and is very misunderstood by many on this board.
I'll leave you all with this question: Many here have accused Thompson (maybe not on this particular thread) of being a loony liberal druggie. What true liberal would ask to have his ashes shot out of a cannon? A cannon? Think about it.
You got yours I got mine. Just got no use for drunks and addicts. Not trying to change your mind. Like it or not.
I disagree.
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