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Hunter S. Thompson Commits Suicide
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| Lephaid |
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tm...t/obit_thompson
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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."
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| tribu |
| A sad day for all of us. :( |
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| sym |
| I was just about to post about this. He will be missed. |
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| Xenocreator_PG_ |
:wtf:
that sux.
it's one way to quite the reefer I guess :wtf: Fear & Loathing immortalized this guy. What a life he lived!!! |
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| Rodrico |
| Definately an american treasure that will truly be missed, but never forgotten. |
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| ::TranceVanDyk:: |
| people die everyday. he's just one in 4 million people who died today. |
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| Nrg2Nfinit |
| 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 |
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| ::TranceVanDyk:: |
| 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? |
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| Nrg2Nfinit |
rip for them too..b ut this thread is dedicated for him
RIP |
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| flavdave |
| quote: | Originally posted by ::TranceVanDyk::
what about the other millions who'v also died? |
So what's the problem here? |
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| Radagast |
Should you have respect for someone who took the easy way out? Like this guy had it ing 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. |
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| flavdave |
| quote: | Originally posted by Radagast
Should you have respect for someone who took the easy way out? Like this guy had it ing bad anyway. |
You can have respect for a person based on their work regardless of the way they died. |
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