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| Hunter S. Thompson dead at 67!; Dr. Gonzo dead NO!!!!!!!!!! | |
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| Bebi | Feb 21 2005, 05:55 AM Post #1 |
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It's strange is'nt it?...
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Writer Hunter S. Thompson dead at 67!!!!!!!!! Son says counterculture writer shot himself Kathy Willens / AP Author Hunter S. Thompson at the premiere of the movie based on his book, "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas," on May 19, 1998 in New York. The Associated Press Updated: 12:29 a.m. ET Feb. 21, 2005DENVER - Hunter S. Thompson, the acerbic counterculture writer who popularized a new form of fictional journalism in books like “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas,” fatally shot himself Sunday night at his Aspen-area home, his son said. He was 67. “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. Pitkin County Sheriff Bob Braudis, a personal friend of Thompson, confirmed the death to the News. Sheriff’s officials did not return calls to The Associated Press late Sunday. Juan Thompson found his father’s body. Thompson’s wife, Anita, was not home at the time. Pioneer of 'gonzo journalism' Besides the 1972 drug-hazed classic about Thompson’s visit to Las Vegas, he also wrote “Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail ’72.” The central character in those wild, sprawling satires was “Dr. Thompson,” a snarling, drug- and alcohol-crazed observer and participant. Thompson is credited with pioneering New Journalism — or, as he dubbed it, “gonzo journalism” — in which the writer made himself an essential component of the story. Much of his earliest work appeared in Rolling Stone magazine. “Fiction is based on reality unless you’re a fairy-tale artist,” Thompson told the AP in 2003. “You have to get your knowledge of life from somewhere. You have to know the material you’re writing about before you alter it.” An acute observer of the decadence and depravity in American life, Thompson also wrote such collections “Generation of Swine” and “Songs of the Doomed.” His first ever novel, “The Rum Diary,” written in 1959, was first published in 1998. A counterculture icon Thompson was a counterculture icon at the height of the Watergate era, and Richard Nixon once said he represented “that dark, venal, and incurably violent side of the American character.” Thompson also was the model for Gary Trudeau’s balding “Uncle Duke” in the comic strip “Doonesbury” and was portrayed on screen by Johnny Depp in a film adaptation of “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.” Other books include “The Great Shark Hunt,” “Hell’s Angels” and “The Proud Highway.” His most recent effort was “Hey Rube: Blood Sport, the Bush Doctrine, and the Downward Spiral of Dumbness.” His compound in Woody Creek, not far from Aspen, was almost as legendary as Thompson. He prized peacocks and weapons; in 2000, he accidentally shot and slightly wounded his assistant, Deborah Fuller, trying to chase a bear off his property. This Sucks!!! People if you have'nt seen Fear and loathing You have to because johnny depp plays Gonzo in the film and he's funny as hell, now I'm depressed. He will be missed.
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| Crying Devil | Feb 21 2005, 06:00 AM Post #2 |
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Dans l'amour avec mon ange foncé
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oh well... he killed himself... can't say I feel bad for him... or really care for that matter |
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| Rockman | Feb 22 2005, 04:09 PM Post #3 |
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hoighty-toighty
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What a shame. I enjoyed his writing. though i have only read parts of it. |
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