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Hunter S. Thompson (Gonzo thread)

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Bucklion said:
Lots of people out there certainly are praising him, but I have to ask:

Am I the only one who finds nothing amusing or noble about a suicide, no matter who it is?
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Is anyone praising him for killing himself?

I hope not.
 
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Bucklion said:
I don't know what I would call it...but there's definitely been quite a few "He did it his way and went out his way" puff pieces to make me think so.
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I would say that his demise was probably fitting considering what kind of a tortured lunatic he was in reality... but I certianly, personally would NOT praise him for doing it...

I always figured he's do what so many people do an pull a staged accident suicide and run a Vincent Black Shadow into a tree or something... on the other hand, that sort of "dishonesty" doesn't really fit the Doctor either.
 
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Letters of Note

Okay, you lazy bitch


On January 22, 2001, Hunter S. Thompson sent the following expletive-filled fax to Holly Sorensen, then 'Production Executive' at indie movie studio The Shooting Gallery. The furious written rant concerned the movie adaptation of Thompson's novel, The Rum Diary, to which Sorensen's studio had acquired the rights. Progress had been slow and confused on their part; so slow in fact that Thompson had reached boiling point.

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