"Oh and if we never hear of you again. So long! Good Riddance! Goodbye!"
Posted on 08/20/2005 6:37:45 AM PDT by Liberty Valance
Firework Farewell Set for 'Gonzo' Thompson
DENVER Co. - Firework shells carrying the sealed ashes of "gonzo" journalist Hunter S. Thompson arrived in an armored truck at his mountain home as final preparations were being made for his star-studded farewell.
The shells were scheduled to be launched Saturday night from a 150- foot-tall monument erected behind Thompson's house in Woody Creek, just outside Aspen. The event will be private, open to about 250 invited guests including Thompson's longtime illustrator, Ralph Steadman, and actors Sean Penn and Johnny Depp.
"We haven't noticed a lot of curiosity seekers or pilgrims, but the buzz and the excitement is increasing every hour," family spokesman Matt Moseley said Friday. "People are coming into town, people invited to the event, and I've been getting calls from fans who'll say things like 'I'm coming in from Wisconsin with a case of Chivas.'"
The scotch whiskey was a favorite of Thompson's.
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Is Cindy going?
He's BEEN dead Jim.
Cuervo, ether, acid and Marlboros.
You know that's against Dept. of Health regulations.
Bring your gas mask...
"Oh and if we never hear of you again. So long! Good Riddance! Goodbye!"
I wish that Hillary could go along for the ride.
Cindy could bring Fidel as her "date" , "hey Sean , have some booze and then grab one of those fireworks , maybe you could even scream 'Hunter,NO,NO' , it would make ALL the media outlets, Sean , SEAN!!"
LOL
Hunter Thompson and Keith Richards used the same embalmer. The only difference is, Hunter Thompson is clinically dead.
DON'T TAKE THE BROWN ACID!
My memory's probably playing tricks on me, but I recall Thompson's request was for his ashes to be shot out of a 150 ft canon, not "from a 150- foot-tall monument".
I thought this was a Hellen Thomas thread. My mistake.
I'm taking side bets on people dying at this 'celebration'.
I'm betting that someone will kill themself.
"There he goes. One of God's own prototypes. Some kind of high powered mutant never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die."
Goodby Hunter, you were one of a kind.
"It's OK kid, we're not like the others",
I didn't tell him about the manta bats,
I figured he'd see them soon enough."
t.
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