02-20-2005, 23:51
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HST Dead
http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,...723492,00.html
Hunter Thompson commits suicide
"Fear and Loathing" author dead at 67
By Troy Hooper
Special to The Denver Post
Woody Creek - Hunter S. Thompson died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound at his home in Woody Creek on Sunday night. He was 67.
Regarded as one of the most legendary writers of the 20th century, Thompson is best known for the 1972 classic "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas." He is also credited with pioneering gonzo journalism - a style of writing that breaks tradition rules of news reporting and is purposefully slanted.
Pitkin County Sheriff Bob Braudis, who is a close personal friend of Thompson, confirmed the death. His son, Juan, found him Sunday evening.
"On Feb. 20, Dr. Hunter S. Thompson took his life with a gunshot to the head at his fortified compound in Woody Creek, Colorado. The family will shortly provide more information about memorial service and media contacts. 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.
"Details and interviews may be forthcoming when the family has had the time to recover from the trauma of the tragedy," Braudis said in an interview from Owl Farm, the rural Woody Creek home he moved into in the 1960s.
Thompson grew up in Kentucky. He is married to Anita Thompson, who grew up in Fort Collins. His son Juan lives and works in Denver. His grandson is William Thompson.
Thompson's books include "Hell's Angels," "The Proud Highway" and his most recent effort, "Hey Rube: Blood Sport, the Bush Doctrine, and The Downward Spiral of Dumbness."
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02-21-2005, 00:02
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I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me. -- Hunter S. Thompson
Didn't Bill Murray do a movie on this guy? It was called "Where the Buffalo Roam" or something like that?
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02-21-2005, 08:41
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Originally Posted by Doc
I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me. -- Hunter S. Thompson
Didn't Bill Murray do a movie on this guy? It was called "Where the Buffalo Roam" or something like that?
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Yep.
His last article was about a o-dark hundred call to Bill Murray to discuss a shotgun golf game where teams tried to shoot one another's golf balls out of the air.
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02-21-2005, 09:16
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Originally Posted by The Reaper
Yep.
His last article was about a o-dark hundred call to Bill Murray to discuss a shotgun golf game where teams tried to shoot one another's golf balls out of the air.
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I just got through reading it.
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2...hompson/050216
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02-21-2005, 10:24
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Just another coward who could not face the demons he created for himself and I have no sympathy for him at all.
He put himself in to the world he lived in and while some people thought he was a literary genius I never cared for his drug induced ramblings. Especially when some of them advocate the doping of young women and then raping them.
Good riddance to bad rubbish.
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02-21-2005, 10:29
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Just another coward who could not face the demons he created for himself and I have no sympathy for him at all.
He put himself in to the world he lived in and while some people thought he was a literary genius I never cared for his drug induced ramblings. Especially when some of them advocate the doping of young women and then raping them.
Good riddance to bad rubbish.
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I see you are familiar with the location of the word sympathy. 
Never said that I advocated his politics, or his lifestyle. Just liked the way he wrote.
Just my .02.
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02-21-2005, 11:33
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I have not read any of his books or seen the movie, but I have friends who are big fans. RIP.
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02-21-2005, 16:47
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As an aside. I mentioned his passing to Nancy, her response "I've never heard of him".
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02-21-2005, 16:54
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the truth be known...
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Never said that I advocated his politics, or his lifestyle. Just liked the way he wrote.
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hell, his articles were the only thing worth reading in Playboy....
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02-21-2005, 16:58
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hell, his articles were the only thing worth reading in Playboy....
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Who bought Playboy to read??
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02-21-2005, 17:02
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interesting question...
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Who bought Playboy to read??
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who said i bought it?
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02-21-2005, 17:13
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who said i bought it?
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You did indicate that you read it...
My exwife bought me a subscription once cause I told her that I liked to read the articles. It turned out that when the novelty wore off, I didn't find a great deal of substantive matter to read.
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02-21-2005, 17:16
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You did indicate that you read it...
My exwife bought me a subscription once cause I told her that I liked to read the articles. It turned out that when the novelty wore off, I didn't find a great deal of substantive matter to read.
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i did read Playboy...just never hardly ever bought Playboy...
and i agree, that once the girls of the month had been ogled, there wasn't much there...but i did like HST's writing style...
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02-21-2005, 17:16
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when the novelty wore off
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What is the matter with both of you? 
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02-21-2005, 17:18
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Originally Posted by lksteve
once the girls of the month had been ogled
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OK, that's better.
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