When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.
- Hunter S. Thompson 1937 - Feb. 21, 2005
Rest in peace wherever you are. I'm sorry it had to end this way, and I've gotta wonder why it did. If there is an afterlife, I hope you are having the chance to spend some time with Richard Milhous Nixon. I'm only sorry you won't be writing about it.
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What can be said about Thompson is that he wrote the truth as he saw it, twisted and fantasy-ridden as it was. I shall miss him. One has to wonder, would any publisher today publish FEAR AND LOATHING?
My heart just sank! We lost Hunter S. Thompson? Wow. I'm truly at a loss for words.
dave
I was very sad about his death, too. I have a friend from my college years who was really into gonzo journalism....
I'm crushed by the death of Thompson, the first journalist to point out to me the "fear and loathing" in American politics. USA Today has an article about his death; the author describes a meeting with him that was notable for the fact that he smoked a pack of Dunhills and drank three martinis in two years. He definitely got his money's worth out of his 67 years.
And that's one of my all-time favorite quotes. R.I.P. Hunter.
Ooops, I mean to say hours, not years.
It's very sobering that not only did we lose Thompson, but that he took his own life. May he rest in peace.
Good Man..
V
Gonzo journalism will never be the same, perhaps gone with him. Rest in peace, Mr. Thompson. We salute you.
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