Hunter S. Thompson Commits Suicide

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Posted by Fast Turtle on Feb-21-2005 04:39:

Hunter S. Thompson Commits Suicide

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tm...t/obit_thompson

quote:

Author Hunter S. Thompson Kills Himself

ASPEN, Colo. - Hunter S. 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 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.

Besides the 1972 drug-hazed classic about Thompson's time in Las Vegas, he is credited with pioneering "gonzo journalism," purposefully slanted writing full of the writer's opinions.

Other books include "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."

Posted by tribu on Feb-21-2005 04:44:

A sad day for all of us.

Posted by sym on Feb-21-2005 05:23:

I was just about to post about this. He will be missed.

Posted by Xenocreator_PG_ on Feb-21-2005 05:35:

that sux.

it's one way to quite the reefer I guess Fear & Loathing immortalized this guy. What a life he lived!!!

Posted by Rodrico on Feb-21-2005 05:51:

Definately an american treasure that will truly be missed, but never forgotten.

Posted by Krypton on Feb-21-2005 06:26:

people die everyday. he's just one in 4 million people who died today.

Posted by Nrg2Nfinit on Feb-21-2005 06:29:

quote:
Originally posted by ::TranceVanDyk::
people die everyday. he's just one in 4 million people who died today.

have some respect for one of the main promoters of narcotic substances !!!

GEEEZ n00b

Posted by Krypton on Feb-21-2005 06:44:

quote:
Originally posted by Nrg2Nfinit
have some respect for one of the main promoters of narcotic substances !!!

GEEEZ n00b

what about the other millions who'v also died?

Posted by Nrg2Nfinit on Feb-21-2005 06:45:

rip for them too..b ut this thread is dedicated for him

RIP

Posted by flavdave on Feb-21-2005 06:51:

quote:
Originally posted by ::TranceVanDyk::
what about the other millions who'v also died?

So what's the problem here?

Posted by Radagast on Feb-21-2005 07:16:

Should you have respect for someone who took the easy way out? Like this guy had it fucking bad anyway.

If you want to respect someone, respect Captain Charles Butler McVay III. He commanded 1,196 men on the USS Indianapolis in WWII. The ship was sunk, the crew had to wait five days for rescue while sharks, dehydration, sleep deprivation, and nature ate at them. Only 316 men survived, including Captain McVay. The Navy needed a scapegoat to cover the incompetence shown by how long it took to rescue the Indy's survivirs, so they court-martialed McVay for frivilous charges. The only captain out of 700 destroyed vessels in WWII to recieve a court-martial. He was convicted of not "Zig Zagging", ergo placing his ship in danger. The commander of the Japanese sub who sank the Indianapolis testified that it would have made no difference as to whether they did the Zig Zag maneuver or not. Still, McVay retired four years after the conviction and was hounded and blamed by the family members of the dead sailors until he could take no more and committed suicide. Yeah, feel sorry for him if you want to waste time feeling sorry for someone you don't know.

Posted by flavdave on Feb-21-2005 07:21:

quote:
Originally posted by Radagast
Should you have respect for someone who took the easy way out? Like this guy had it fucking bad anyway.

You can have respect for a person based on their work regardless of the way they died.

Posted by verndogs on Feb-21-2005 07:27:

A very sad day indeed...I enjoyed reading his articles on ESPN

Posted by Rodrico on Feb-21-2005 07:30:

quote:
Originally posted by Radagast
Should you have respect for someone who took the easy way out? Like this guy had it fucking bad anyway.

A man is not measured by the way he leaves this world, but rather by the way he lived it. (forget who I am quoting but its a famous saying)

Posted by apostrophe on Feb-21-2005 08:09:

loss for everyone (who supports that lifestyle and immortalizes him at least :P)

Posted by Omega_Blue on Feb-21-2005 08:11:

man, that sucks. i loved fear and loathing.

Posted by {b.s.e.} on Feb-21-2005 08:55:

No man is so foolish but he may sometimes give another good counsel, and no man so wise that he may not easily err if he takes no other counsel than his own. He that is taught only by himself has a fool for a master.
Hunter S. Thompson

RIP you crazy bastard; this world is too much for any of us.

Posted by {b.s.e.} on Feb-21-2005 08:56:

quote:
Originally posted by Radagast
Should you have respect for someone who took the easy way out? Like this guy had it fucking bad anyway.

go do something with your life. ******.

Posted by WillyWonka on Feb-21-2005 09:08:

RIP Dr.Gonzo!!!

Apparently, you just had to blow your head away like my dear old friend Hemingway did. Now that you're with him please have a drink with old Papa for me. I'll see you guys when it's time...

Posted by Trancer-X on Feb-21-2005 10:11:

Wow. I just posted this as I didn't even see this thread.

This is so shocking. I really admired HST's writing style and the way that he literally stormed through life with his typewriter.

I just can't believe that he'd do it. It's really upsetting.

He even listened to Oakenfold.

Posted by Trancer-X on Feb-21-2005 10:22:

quote:
Originally posted by ::TranceVanDyk::
people die everyday. he's just one in 4 million people who died today.

But he's not one in a million but one in a millenium.

There will probably never be another person with the same maniacal, creative, and literary brilliance as HST.

It really is tragic that it happened the way it did, though. He finally succumbed to the wrath of his inner demons. It brings a tear to my eye.

Posted by SugarShack on Feb-21-2005 11:24:

"Some may never live, but the crazy never die." -- Hunter S. Thompson

RIP

Posted by tribu on Feb-21-2005 13:28:

All you Fear and Loathing people really owe it to yourself to see Where the Buffalo Roam which is a more accurate and better depiction that Fear and Loathing gave (albeit by a worse actor).

Posted by Psy-T on Feb-21-2005 13:31:

Posted by Fast Turtle on Feb-21-2005 13:44:

quote:
Originally posted by tribu
All you Fear and Loathing people really owe it to yourself to see Where the Buffalo Roam which is a more accurate and better depiction that Fear and Loathing gave (albeit by a worse actor).

Bill Murray is a good actor, just not quite as suited to the role as Johnny Depp was...(I understand why he would want to play that role though, the reason Bill Murray became an actor was because he was barred from attending med school for smuggling marijuana in from mexico)

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