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02/20/2005 11:31:25 PM · #1 |
| The Drudge Report is reporting on that according to his son, Hunter S. Thompson has taken his life. The great Gonzo reporter. |
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02/20/2005 11:32:48 PM · #2 |
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02/20/2005 11:34:12 PM · #3 |
| I am sorry to hear that, he was a good writer, but really messed up. |
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02/20/2005 11:34:15 PM · #4 |
| who is Hunter. S. Thompson? Sorry for my ignorance |
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02/20/2005 11:44:08 PM · #5 |
Originally posted by lentil:
who is Hunter. S. Thompson? Sorry for my ignorance |
Have you seen Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas? It's about him... kinda.
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02/20/2005 11:45:38 PM · #6 |
| no i havent heard of it, sorry |
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02/20/2005 11:51:59 PM · #7 |
I don't know if there is an official page for him or not, but here is an unofficial one:
//www.gonzo.org/
It has not yet been updated with the news of his passing.
He was certainly one wild character.
Message edited by author 2005-02-20 23:52:57. |
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02/20/2005 11:55:26 PM · #8 |
Originally posted by mcmurma:
It has not yet been updated with the news of his passing.
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Webcrawled it. Nothing. Maybe in the morning.
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02/20/2005 11:56:41 PM · #9 |
Originally posted by lentil:
no i havent heard of it, sorry |
You need to watch that movie. Classic.
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02/20/2005 11:57:24 PM · #10 |
| OMG, that sucks. He was awesome. |
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02/20/2005 11:58:10 PM · #11 |
Originally posted by nsbca7:
Originally posted by lentil:
no i havent heard of it, sorry |
You need to watch that movie. Classic. |
i will look out for it |
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02/21/2005 12:00:32 AM · #12 |
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02/21/2005 12:35:34 AM · #13 |
When he wrote journalism, during and just after the air force days, he was one of the best natural writters I ever read. Going to re-read the great white shark hunt. A great talent wasted, then lost.
If you don't know him he is also featured as Zonker's uncle Duke, in Doosbury, only about 99% taken from Thompson's appearance, life, behavior.
Message edited by author 2005-02-21 00:45:23. |
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02/21/2005 12:39:52 AM · #14 |
I am very sorry to hear that, he was one of my favorite author. Benicio Del Toro (who played in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas) will be directing the second movie from Thopson's novels: "The Rum Diaries" and yes, the great Johnny Depp will be in it too.
Anyways, I'm off to read about the death of this great american author.
-Simon
Edit: typos
Message edited by author 2005-02-21 00:41:26.
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02/21/2005 12:46:29 AM · #15 |
Originally posted by nsbca7:
Originally posted by lentil:
no i havent heard of it, sorry |
You need to watch that movie. Classic. |
Or better yet, read the book. Which he wrote. |
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02/21/2005 02:00:02 AM · #16 |
That's a shock. I was actually acquainted with Hunter Thompson in the late 60'/early 70's. he was a hell of a guy to hang out with, sigh. I haven't seen him in 30 years, and i guess i never will again, now.
RIP indeed.
Robt.
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02/21/2005 02:01:32 AM · #17 |
Yup:
Hunter S. Thompson, the maverick journalist and author whose savage chronicling of the underbelly of American life and politics embodied a new kind of nonfiction writing he called "gonzo journalism," died yesterday in Colorado. Tricia Louthis, of the Pitkin County Sheriff's Office, said Mr. Thompson had died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound at his home in Woody Creek, Colo., yesterday afternoon. He was 65.
Robt.
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02/21/2005 07:12:48 AM · #18 |
"Where the Buffalo Roam" is a classic. RIP Gonzo
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02/21/2005 07:21:11 AM · #19 |
//sports.espn.go.com/espn/archive?columnist=hunter_s._thompson&root=page2
This is his most recent writing.
He was one of my favotite writers way back when...
I met Ralph Steadman, HSTs illustrators a year back and told me some great stories about the both of them. A good deal of reality was in his fiction.
Rest In Peace |
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