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| Born | Hunter Stockton Thompson July 18, 1937 Louisville, Kentucky, United States |
| Died | February 20, 2005 (aged 67) Woody Creek, Colorado, United States |
| Occupation | Journalist, author |
| Genres | Gonzo journalism |
| Literary movement | New Journalism |
| Notable work(s) | Hell's Angels: The Strange and Terrible Saga of the Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs |
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Hunter Stockton Thompson (July 18, 1937 – February 20, 2005) was an American journalist and author, famous for his novel Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. Events 390 BC - Roman - Gaulish Wars Battle of the Allia - a Roman army is defeated by raiding Gauls, Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Commonwealth of Kentucky ( is a state located in the East Central United States of America. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Events 1472 - Orkney and Shetland are left by Norway to Scotland, due to a Dowry payment Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Woody Creek is an unincorporated Town and a US Post Office located in Pitkin County, Colorado, United States. The State of Colorado ( or chiefly by nonresidents) is a state located in the Rocky Mountain region of the United States of America. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Employment is a Contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. A journalist (also called a newspaperman) is a person who practices Journalism, the gathering and dissemination of information about current events trends An author is defined both as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created A literary genre is a category of literary composition Genres may be determined by Literary technique, tone, Content, or even (as in the case of fiction "Gonzo" redirects here For other uses see Gonzo (disambiguation Gonzo journalism is a style of Journalism which is written This is a list of modern literary movements: that is movements after the Renaissance. New Journalism was a style of 1960s and 1970s News writing and Journalism which used literary techniques deemed unconventional at the time Hell's Angels The Strange and Terrible Saga of the Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs is a book written by Hunter S Fear and Loathing On the Campaign Trail '72 is a collection of articles covering the 1972 presidential campaign written by the Gonzo journalist Hunter William Seward Burroughs II ( – ˈbʌroʊz was an American Novelist, Essayist, Social critic, painter and Spoken word Joseph Conrad (born Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski, 3 December 1857 – 3 August 1924 was a Polish-born English novelist James Patrick Donleavy (born April 23, 1926) is an Irish American Author, born in New York City to Irish immigrants William Faulkner (born William Cuthbert Falkner) ( September 25, 1897 – July 6, 1962) was an American Author Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald (September 24 1896 – December 21 1940 was an American writer of Novels and Short stories, whose works are evocative of the Ernest Miller Hemingway (July 21 1899 — July 2 1961 was an American novelist short-story writer, and Journalist. Jack Kerouac ( March 12 1922 &ndash October 21 1969) was an American Novelist, Writer, Poet, and Ayn Rand (ˈaɪn ˈrænd &ndash March 6 1982 born Alisa Zinov'yevna Rosenbaum (Алиса Зиновьевна Розенбаум was a Russian born American Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30 1835 – April 21 1910 better known by the Pen name Mark Twain, was an American Humorist, satirist Thomas Kennerly Wolfe Jr (born March 2, 1931 in Richmond, Virginia) known as Tom Wolfe, is a Best-selling Kenneth Elton Kesey ( September 17, 1935 &ndash November 10, 2001) was an American Author, best known for his major novels Mark Ames (1965- is a Panama, previously Moscow -based Expatriate American Journalist and editor Leslie Conway Bangs ( December 13, 1948 &ndash April 30, 1982) was an American music journalist, author and musician Cameron Bruce Crowe (born July 13, 1957) is an Academy Award -winning American Writer and Film director. Patrick Jake O'Rourke (born November 14, 1947 in Toledo Ohio) is a conservative American political satirist, journalist Matthew C Taibbi (born February 3 1970 is an American Journalist and political writer Events 390 BC - Roman - Gaulish Wars Battle of the Allia - a Roman army is defeated by raiding Gauls, Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1472 - Orkney and Shetland are left by Norway to Scotland, due to a Dowry payment Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A journalist (also called a newspaperman) is a person who practices Journalism, the gathering and dissemination of information about current events trends An author is defined both as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created A novel (from Italian novella, Spanish novela, French nouvelle for "new" "news" or "short story He is credited as the creator of Gonzo journalism, a style of reporting where reporters involve themselves in the action to such a degree that they become the central figures of their stories. "Gonzo" redirects here For other uses see Gonzo (disambiguation Gonzo journalism is a style of Journalism which is written Journalism is the profession of writing or communicating formally employed by publications and broadcasters for the benefit of a particular Community of people A reporter is a type of Journalist who Researches and presents information in certain types of Mass media. He is also known for his promotion and use of psychedelics and other mind-altering substances (and to a lesser extent, alcohol and firearms), his anarchist views, and his iconoclastic contempt for authority. 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Biography
Early years
A native of Louisville, Kentucky, Thompson grew up in the Cherokee Triangle neighborhood of the Highlands. Cherokee Triangle is a historic neighborhood in Louisville Kentucky, USA known for its large homes displaying an eclectic mix of architectural styles The Highlands is an area of Louisville Kentucky which contains a high density of Nightclubs eclectic businesses and many upscale and fast food restaurants He was the first son of Jack Robert (1893 – 3 July 1952), an insurance adjuster and a U.S. Army veteran who served in France during World War I, and Virginia Davidson Ray (1908 – 1998), a reference librarian and secretary who, while a student at the University of Michigan, had joined the Alpha Gamma Delta sorority. Events 324 - Battle of Adrianople Constantine I defeats Licinius, who flees to Byzantium. Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Public Insurance Adjusters help policy holders receive payment from Insurance companies The United States Army is a military organization whose primary mission is to "provide necessary forces and capabilities. A veteran (from Latin vetus, meaning "old" is a person who has or is working in the armed forces The French Third Republic (in French, La Troisième République, sometimes written as La IIIe World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All A librarian is an information Professional trained in Library and information science, which is the organization and management of information services or materials A secretary is either an administrative assistant in business office administration, or a certain type of mid- or high-level governmental position such as a The University of Michigan Ann Arbor ( U of M, U-M, UM or simply Michigan) is a top-ranked Coeducational public research Alpha Gamma Delta (ΑΓΔ Founded in 1904 Alpha Gamma Delta is an international fraternity for women dedicated to academic excellence leadership development high ideals Fraternities and sororities (from the Latin words la frater and la soror, meaning "brother" and "sister" respectively are fraternal Introduced by a mutual friend from Jack's fraternity in 1934, they married in 1935. [1]
Jack died of myasthenia gravis, a neuromuscular disease, on 3 July 1952, when Hunter was 14 years old, leaving three sons — Hunter, Davison, and James (1949–1994) — to be brought up by their mother. Myasthenia gravis (literally "serious muscle-weakness" from Greek μύς "muscle" "weakness" and Latin gravis Neuromuscular disease is a very broad term that encompasses many Diseases and ailments that either directly via intrinsic Muscle pathology or indirectly via Contemporaries indicated that after Jack's death, Virginia became a "heavy drinker. Alcoholism is a term with multiple and sometimes conflicting definitions "[1]
Interested in sports and athletically inclined from a young age, Thompson joined Louisville’s Castlewood Athletic Club, a sports club for teenagers that prepared them for high-school sports, where he excelled in baseball, though he never joined any sports teams in high school. Sport is an Activity that is governed by a set of rules or Customs and often engaged in competitively A sports club, athletics club or sports association is an eclectic institution oriented to multiple Sports which fields many Teams and in several Amateurism (from Fr amateur "lover of" from OFr from L Amateur baseball is a form of Baseball in which the players either are not paid for playing or (as in Town Team Baseball) receive only a modest stipend or employment He was constantly in trouble at school. [1]
Education
Thompson attended the I. N. Bloom Elementary School, and then Atherton High School, transferring to Louisville Male High School in 1952 following the death of his father. Atherton High School is a Public school in the Highlands district of Louisville Kentucky and is part of the Jefferson County Public School district Established in 1856 Louisville Male is the oldest public high school west of the Alleghenies That same year he was accepted as a member of the Athenaeum Literary Association, a school-sponsored literary and social club that had been founded at Male High in 1862. A literary society is a group of people interested in Literature. Its members at the time, generally drawn from Louisville’s wealthy upper-class families, included Porter Bibb, who became the first publisher of Rolling Stone. The American upper class describes the sociological concept pertaining to the "top layer" of society in the United States. Rolling Stone is a United States -based Magazine devoted to Music, Politics, and Popular culture that is published As an Athenaeum member, Thompson contributed articles and helped edit the club’s yearbook The Spectator; however, the group ejected Thompson from its membership in 1955, citing his legal problems. A yearbook, also known as an annual is a book to record highlight and commemorate the past year of a School or a book published annually [1]
Charged as an accessory to robbery after having been in a car with the person who committed the robbery, Thompson was sentenced to serve 60 days in Kentucky’s Jefferson County Jail. An accessory is a person who assists in the commission of a Crime, but who does not actually participate in the commission of the crime as a joint principal Robbery is the Crime of seizing Property through Violence or Intimidation. Jefferson County is a County located in the US state of Kentucky. He served 30 days of his sentence, and joined the U.S. Air Force a week after his release. [1]
Military career
Thompson did his basic training at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas, and later transferred to Scott Air Force Base in Illinois to study electronics. Recruit training is the initial Indoctrination and instruction given to new military personnel Lackland Air Force Base is a base of the United States Air Force operated by the Air Education and Training Command ( AETC) Scott Air Force Base is a base of the United States Air Force in St The State of Illinois ( roughly ill-i-NOY is a state of the United States of America, the 21st to be admitted to the Union. Electronics refers to the flow of charge (moving Electrons through Nonmetal conductors (mainly Semiconductors, whereas electrical He applied to become a pilot but was rejected by the Air Force's aviation-cadet program. Military aviation is the use of Aircraft and other flying machines for the purposes of conducting or enabling warfare including national airlift ( Cargo) capacity This article refers to the general definition of cadet A Cadet may also be a member of the Cadets, a historical Russian Political party. In 1956, he transferred to Eglin Air Force Base, near Pensacola, Florida. Eglin Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base located southwest of Valparaiso in Okaloosa County, Florida, United States Pensacola is the westernmost city in the Florida Panhandle and the County seat of Escambia County. There he worked in the information-services department and became the sports editor of the base's newspaper, The Command Courier. Sports journalism is a form of Journalism that reports on Sports topics and events While the sports department within some Newspapers has been A newspaper is a written Publication containing News, information and Advertising, usually printed on low-cost paper called Newsprint. In this capacity, he covered the Eglin Eagles, a base football team that included such future professional stars as Max McGee and Zeke Bratkowski. American football, known in the United States and Canada simply as football, is a competitive Team sport known for mixing strategy with William Max McGee ( July 16, 1932 &ndash October 20, 2007) was a professional football Wide receiver who Edmund Raymond "Zeke" Bratkowski (born October 20, 1931 in Danville Illinois) is a former All-American Quarterback at the Thompson traveled with the team around the U. S. , covering its games. In 1957, he also wrote a sports column anonymously for The Playground News, a local newspaper in Fort Walton Beach, Florida. Fort Walton Beach is a city in Okaloosa County Florida, United States. [1]
Thompson left the Air Force in 1958 as an Airman First Class, having been recommended for an early honorable discharge by his commanding officer. Airman 1st Class ( A1C) is the third enlisted rank (E-3 in the United States Air Force, just above Airman and below Senior Airman. A military discharge is given when a member of the Armed forces is released from his or her obligation to serve "In summary, this airman, although talented will not be guided by policy," Col. William S. Evans, chief of information services wrote to the Eglin personnel office. "Sometimes his rebel and superior attitude seems to rub off on other airmen staff members. " Thompson claimed in a mock press release he wrote about the end of his duty to have been issued a "totally unclassifiable" status. A news release, media release, press release or press statement is a written or recorded Communication directed at members of the News [2]
Early journalism career
After the Air Force, he worked as sports editor for a newspaper in Jersey Shore, Pennsylvania[3] before moving to New York City. Jersey Shore is a borough in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, United States The City of New York There he attended Columbia University's School of General Studies part-time on the G.I. Bill, taking classes in short-story writing. Columbia University is a private University in the United States and a member of the Ivy League. The School of General Studies, commonly known as General Studies or simply GS, is Columbia University 's undergraduate college for Non-traditional The GI Bill (officially titled Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944 PL346 58 Statutes at Large 284 provided for college or vocational education for returning The short story is a literary genre of Fictional Prose Narrative that tends to be more concise and to the point than longer works of fiction such [4]
During this time he worked briefly for Time, as a copy boy for $51 a week. Time (trademarked in capitals as TIME) is a weekly American Newsmagazine, similar to Newsweek and A gofer or go-fer ('goʊfər gopher) is an Employee who is often sent on errands While working, he used a typewriter to copy F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby and Ernest Hemingway's A Farewell to Arms in order to learn about the writing styles of the authors. Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald (September 24 1896 – December 21 1940 was an American writer of Novels and Short stories, whose works are evocative of the The Great Gatsby is a Novel by the American author F Scott Fitzgerald. Ernest Miller Hemingway (July 21 1899 — July 2 1961 was an American novelist short-story writer, and Journalist. A Farewell to Arms is a semi-autobiographical Novel written by Ernest Hemingway, first published in 1929 In 1959, Time fired him for insubordination. Insubordination is the act of a subordinate deliberately disobeying a lawful order [4] Later that year, he worked as a reporter for The Middletown Daily Record in Middletown, New York. The Times Herald-Record, often referred to as The Record in its coverage area is a daily Newspaper published in Middletown, New York Middletown is a city in Orange County, New York, US, in New York's Hudson Valley region near the Wallkill River, in the foothills New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous He was fired from this job after damaging an office candy machine and arguing with the owner of a local restaurant who happened to be an advertiser with the paper. A vending machine is a machine that provides various snacks beverages and other products to consumers [4]
In 1960 Thompson moved to San Juan, Puerto Rico, to take a job with the sporting magazine El Sportivo, which soon folded. San Juan (saŋ hwaŋ (from the Spanish San Juan Bautista, " Saint John the Baptist " is the Capital and largest municipality in Thompson had first unsuccessfully applied for a job with the English-language daily The San Juan Star. The now-defunct The San Juan Star was an English-language Pulitzer Prize winning newspaper based in San Juan, Puerto Rico. While on the island he befriended the Star's managing editor, future novelist William Kennedy. William Joseph Kennedy (born January 16, 1928) is an American Writer and Journalist born and raised in Albany New York [5] After the demise of El Sportivo, Thompson worked as a stringer for the New York Herald Tribune and a few stateside papers on Caribbean issues with Kennedy working as his editor. In Journalism, a stringer is a type of Freelance Journalist who contributes reportage to a News organization on an on-going basis but is paid The New York Herald Tribune was a daily newspaper created in 1924 when the New York Tribune acquired the New York Herald. [6] After returning to the States, Hunter lived in California, working as a security guard and caretaker at the Big Sur Hot Springs for an eight-month period in 1961, just before it became the Esalen Institute. A security guard or security officer is usually a privately and formally employed person who is paid to protect Property, assets or people A Property caretaker is a person who cares for Real estate for trade or financial compensation and sometimes in exchange for rent-free living accommodations Big Sur is a sparsely populated region of the central California, United States, coast where the Santa Lucia Mountains rise abruptly from the A hot spring is a spring that is produced by the emergence of geothermally heated Groundwater from the earth's crust. Esalen Institute is a center in Big Sur California, in the United States, for humanistic alternative education and a Nonprofit organization While there, he was able to publish his first magazine feature in the nationally-distributed Rogue magazine on the artisan and bohemian culture of Big Sur. This article is about a magazine for other uses of the term see Rogue. An artisan, also called a Craftsman, is a skilled manual worker who crafts items that may be functional or strictly decorative including furniture clothing See also Bohemianism In modern usage the term " Bohemian " (sometimes shortened to "boho" is applied to people who live unconventional usually artistic The article got him fired from his job as a caretaker.
During this period, Thompson wrote two novels, Prince Jellyfish and The Rum Diary, and submitted many short stories to publishers with little success. Prince Jellyfish is an unpublished Novel by American Journalist and Author Hunter S The Rum Diary is an early Novel by American Writer Hunter S Thompson that was written in the early 1960s but was not published until 1998 The short story is a literary genre of Fictional Prose Narrative that tends to be more concise and to the point than longer works of fiction such The Rum Diary, which fictionalized Thompson's experiences in Puerto Rico, was eventually published in 1998, long after Thompson had become famous.
From May 1962 to May 1963, Thompson traveled to South America as a correspondent for a Dow Jones-owned weekly newspaper, the National Observer. Dow Jones & Company is an American publishing and financial information firm The National Observer was a weekly American Newspaper published by Dow Jones & Company from 1962 until 1977. In Brazil, he spent several months working also as a reporter on the Brazil Herald, the country's only English-language daily, published in Rio de Janeiro. A newspaper is a written Publication containing News, information and Advertising, usually printed on low-cost paper called Newsprint. His longtime girlfriend Sandra Dawn Conklin (aka Sandy Conklin Thompson, now Sondi Wright) later joined him in Rio.
Thompson and Conklin were married on 19 May 1963, shortly after they returned to the United States. Events 1535 - French explorer Jacques Cartier sets sail on his second voyage to North America with three ships 110 men and Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. They briefly relocated to Aspen, Colorado, and had one son, Juan Fitzgerald Thompson, born 23 March 1964. The City of Aspen is a Home Rule Municipality that is the County seat and the most populous city of Pitkin County, Colorado, United Events 1174 - Jocelin, Abbot of Melrose, is elected Bishop of Glasgow. Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. The couple conceived five more times together. Three of the pregnancies were miscarried, and the other two pregnancies produced infants who died shortly after birth. Miscarriage or spontaneous abortion is the natural or spontaneous end of a Pregnancy at a stage where the embryo or fetus is incapable of surviving generally defined Hunter and Sandy divorced in 1980 but remained close friends until Thompson's death.
In 1964 the Thompson family then moved to Glen Ellen, California, where Thompson continued to write for the National Observer on an array of domestic subjects, including a story about his 1964 visit to Ketchum, Idaho, in order to investigate the reasons for Ernest Hemingway's suicide. Glen Ellen is a Census-designated place (CDP in Sonoma Valley, Sonoma County California, USA. The National Observer was a weekly American Newspaper published by Dow Jones & Company from 1962 until 1977. Ketchum is a city in Blaine County, Idaho, United States, in the central part of the state Ernest Miller Hemingway (July 21 1899 — July 2 1961 was an American novelist short-story writer, and Journalist. Ernest Miller Hemingway (July 21 1899 — July 2 1961 was an American novelist short-story writer, and Journalist. [7] While working on the story, Thompson symbolically stole a pair of elk antlers hanging above the front door of Hemingway's cabin. The elk, or wapiti ( Cervus canadensis) is one of the largest Species of Deer in the world and one of the largest Mammals in Thompson and the editors at the Observer eventually had a falling out after the paper refused to print Thompson's review of Tom Wolfe's 1965 essay collection The Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby,[8] and he moved to San Francisco, immersing himself in the drug and hippie culture that was taking root in the area. Thomas Kennerly Wolfe Jr (born March 2, 1931 in Richmond, Virginia) known as Tom Wolfe, is a Best-selling The Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby (ISBN 0-553-38058-3 is the title of Tom Wolfe 's first collected book of Essays published in 1965 The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city Drug subcultures are examples of Countercultures primarily defined by Recreational drug use. The Hippie Subculture was originally a Youth movement that began in the United States during the early 1960s and spread around the world The history of San Francisco, California, has been greatly influenced by its coastal location which has made it a natural center for maritime trade and military activity About this time he began writing for the Berkeley underground paper The Spider. Berkeley is a city on the east shore of San Francisco Bay in Northern California, in the United States. The phrase underground press is most often used to refer to the independently published and distributed underground papers associated with the Counterculture of the [9]
Hells Angels
In 1965, Carey McWilliams, editor of The Nation, offered Thompson the opportunity to write a story based on his experience with the California-based Hells Angels motorcycle gang. Hell's Angels The Strange and Terrible Saga of the Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs is a book written by Hunter S Carey McWilliams ( 13 December 1905 &ndash 27 June 1980) was an American Author, editor, and Lawyer This article is about the US Publication. For other newspapers magazines and alternate uses by the same name see The Nation (disambiguation. The Hells Angels Motorcycle Club ( HAMC) is a world-wide " one-percenter " motorcycle gang whose members typically ride Harley-Davidson A motorcycle club (MC is an organized club of dedicated Motorcyclists who join together for Camaraderie, strength of numbers companionship education rider training After The Nation published the article (17 May 1965), Thompson received several book offers and spent the next year living and riding with the Hell's Angels. Events 1521 - Edward Stafford 3rd Duke of Buckingham, is executed for Treason. Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. The relationship broke down when the bikers suspected that Thompson would make money from his writing. The gang demanded a share of the profits and Thompson ended up with a savage beating, or 'stomping' as the Angels referred to it. A stomp (also referred to as a stamp) is a downwards strike with the Heel of the Foot from the stand-up position, and is usually directed Random House published the hard cover Hell's Angels: The Strange and Terrible Saga of the Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs in 1966. Random House Inc is the world's largest English-language general trade book publisher Hell's Angels The Strange and Terrible Saga of the Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs is a book written by Hunter S A reviewer for The New York Times praised it as an "angry, knowledgeable, fascinating and excitedly written book," that shows the Hells Angels "not so much as dropouts from society but as total misfits, or unfits — emotionally, intellectually and educationally unfit to achieve the rewards, such as they are, that the contemporary social order offers. Social order is a concept used in sociology history and other social sciences " The reviewer also praised Thompson as a "spirited, witty, observant and original writer; his prose crackles like motorcycle exhaust. For the Wikipedia guideline regarding editing articles see WikipediaManual of Style. "[10]
Following the success of Hells Angels, Thompson was able to publish articles in a number of well-known magazines during the late 1960s, including The New York Times Magazine, Esquire, Pageant, and others. The New York Times Magazine is a supplement to the Sunday The New York Times newspaper Esquire is a Men's magazine by the Hearst Corporation with a strong literary tradition Pageant was a 20th-century monthly Magazine, first published in the United States by Hillman Periodicals in November 1944 In the Times Magazine article, published in 1967 shortly before the "Summer of Love" and entitled The Hashbury is the Capital of the Hippies, Thompson wrote in-depth about the hippies of San Francisco, deriding a culture that began to lack the political convictions of the New Left and the artistic core of the Beats, instead becoming overrun with newcomers lacking any purpose other than obtaining drugs. This article refers to the summer of 1967 For the film of a similar name please go to My Summer of Love. Haight-Ashbury is a district of San Francisco, California, US, named for the intersection of Haight and Ashbury Streets See also Hippie See also History of subcultures in the 20th century, History of the United States (1964–1980 A 1967 article in Time Magazine The New Left were the Left-wing movements in different countries in the 1960s and 1970s that unlike the earlier leftist focus on union activism instead adopted a Psychedelic drugs are Psychoactive drugs whose primary action is to alter the thought processes of the brain and perception of the mind [11] It was an observation on the 60s' counterculture that Thompson would further examine in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and other articles. The Counterculture of the 1960s and early 1970s refers to a period between 1960 and 1973 that began in the United States as a reaction against
According to Thompson's letters and his later writings, at this time he planned to write a book called The Joint Chiefs about "the death of the American dream. The Joint Chiefs of Staff ( JCS) is a group comprising the Chiefs of service of each major branch of the Armed services in the United States armed forces The American Dream is Belief in the Freedom that allows all citizens and residents of the United States to achieve their goals " He used a $6,000 advance from Random House to travel on the 1968 Presidential campaign trail and attend the 1968 Democratic Convention in Chicago for research purposes. Random House Inc is the world's largest English-language general trade book publisher Chicago Convention redirects here for the Convention on International Civil Aviation for the event also referred to by this name Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States. From his hotel room in Chicago, Thompson watched the clashes between police and protesters, which he wrote had a great effect on his political views. The planned book was never finished, but the theme of the death of the American dream would be carried over into his later work, and the contract with Random House was eventually fulfilled with the 1972 book Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. [12]. Thompson also signed a deal with Ballantine Books in 1968 to write a satirical book called The Johnson File about Lyndon B. Johnson. The Ballantine Publishing Group, better known as Ballantine Books, is a major American book Publisher founded in 1952 by Ian Ballantine. A few weeks after the contract was signed, however, Johnson announced that he would not stand for re-election, and the deal was cancelled. [13].
By late 1967, Thompson and his family moved back to Colorado and rented a house in Woody Creek, a small mountain hamlet outside Aspen. Woody Creek is an unincorporated Town and a US Post Office located in Pitkin County, Colorado, United States. In early 1969, Thompson finally received a $15,000 royalty check for the paperback sales of Hells Angels and used 2/3rds of the money for a down payment on a modest home and property in Woody Creek where Thompson would live for the rest of his life. [14] He named the house Owl Farm and often described this house as his "fortified compound".
Middle years
- See also: The Battle of Aspen
In 1970 Thompson ran for sheriff of Pitkin County, Colorado, on the "Freak Power" ticket, promoting the decriminalization of drugs (for personal use only, not trafficking, as he disapproved of profiteering), tearing up the streets and turning them into grassy pedestrian malls, banning any building so tall as to obscure the view of the mountains, and renaming Aspen "Fat City" to deter investors. The Battle of Aspen was an article published in Rolling Stone #67 dated October 1, 1970 and written by Dr SHERIFF is a telecom fraud detection and management system originally developed by BT and MCI. Pitkin County is one of the 64 counties of the State of Colorado of the United States. Freak Power were a band founded by Norman Cook (later to become known as Fatboy Slim) Ashley Slater (the trombonist with the anarchic British jazz big band Drug liberalization is the process of eliminating or reducing Drug prohibition laws Profiteering is a pejorative term for the act of making a Profit by methods considered unethical. Car-free zones (also known as auto-free zones and pedestrian zones) are areas of a city or town in which automobile traffic is prohibited Thompson, having shaved his head, referred to his opponent as "my long-haired opponent", as the Republican candidate had a crew cut. A Crew cut is a type of Haircut in which the Hair on the top of the head is cut relatively short graduated in length from the longest hair at the front hairline
With polls showing him with a slight lead in a three-way race, Thompson appeared at Rolling Stone magazine headquarters in San Francisco with a six-pack of beer in hand and declared to editor Jann Wenner that he was about to be elected the next sheriff of Aspen, Colorado, and wished to write about it. Rolling Stone is a United States -based Magazine devoted to Music, Politics, and Popular culture that is published Jann Simon Wenner (born January 7, 1946, in New York City) is the co-founder and publisher of the music and politics biweekly Rolling Stone [15] Thus, Thompson's first article in Rolling Stone was published as The Battle of Aspen with the byline "By: Dr. The Battle of Aspen was an article published in Rolling Stone #67 dated October 1, 1970 and written by Dr Hunter S. Thompson (Candidate for Sheriff). " Despite the publicity, Thompson ended up narrowly losing the election. While actually carrying the city of Aspen, he only garnered 44% of the county-wide vote in what became a two-way race as the Republican candidate for sheriff agreed to withdraw from the contest a few days before the election in order to consolidate the anti-Thompson votes, in return for the Democrats withdrawing their candidate for county commissioner. The Democratic Party is one of two major Political parties in the United States, the other being the Republican Party. Thompson later remarked that the Rolling Stone article mobilized his opposition far more than his supporters. [16]
Birth of Gonzo
Also in 1970, Thompson wrote an article entitled The Kentucky Derby Is Decadent and Depraved for the short-lived new journalism magazine Scanlan's Monthly. "Gonzo" redirects here For other uses see Gonzo (disambiguation Gonzo journalism is a style of Journalism which is written " The Kentucky Derby Is Decadent and Depraved " is a seminal sports article by Hunter S New Journalism was a style of 1960s and 1970s News writing and Journalism which used literary techniques deemed unconventional at the time Scanlan's Monthly was a short-lived monthly publication which ran from March 1970 to January 1971. Although it was not widely read at the time, the article is the first of Thompson's to use techniques of Gonzo journalism, a style he would later employ in almost every literary endeavor. "Gonzo" redirects here For other uses see Gonzo (disambiguation Gonzo journalism is a style of Journalism which is written The manic first-person subjectivity of the story was reportedly the result of sheer desperation; he was facing a looming deadline and started sending the magazine pages ripped out of his notebook. See also First person First-person narrative is a Narrative mode in which a Story is narrated by one character, who explicitly Ralph Steadman, who would later collaborate with Thompson on several projects, contributed expressionist pen-and-ink illustrations. Ralph Steadman (born Wallasey, May 15, 1936) is a British Cartoonist and Caricaturist. Expressionism is the tendency of an artist to distort reality for an Emotional effect it is a subjective art form
The first use of the word Gonzo to describe Thompson's work is credited to the journalist Bill Cardoso. William J (Bill Cardoso (died February 26 2006) was an American journalist best known as the coiner of the word gonzo. Cardoso had first met Thompson on a bus full of journalists covering the 1968 New Hampshire primary. The New Hampshire primary is the first in a series of nationwide Political party Primary elections held in the United States every four years as part of In 1970, Cardoso (who, by this time had become the editor of The Boston Globe Sunday Magazine) wrote to Thompson praising the "Kentucky Derby" piece in Scanlan's Monthly as a breakthrough: "This is it, this is pure Gonzo. The Boston Globe (and Boston Sunday Globe) is the most widely circulated daily Newspaper in Boston and in New England, If this is a start, keep rolling. " Thompson took to the word right away, and according to illustrator Ralph Steadman said, "Okay, that's what I do. Gonzo. "[17]
Thompson's first published use of the word Gonzo appears in a passage in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream: "Free Enterprise. The American Dream. The American Dream is Belief in the Freedom that allows all citizens and residents of the United States to achieve their goals Horatio Alger had gone mad on drugs in Las Vegas. Horatio Alger Jr ( January 13, 1832 &ndash July 18, 1899) was a 19th-century American Author who wrote approximately Do it now: pure Gonzo journalism. "
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
The book for which Thompson gained most of his fame had its genesis during the research for Strange Rumblings in Aztlan, an exposé for Rolling Stone on the 1970 killing of the Mexican-American television journalist Ruben Salazar. Raoul Duke was the Pseudonym used by Hunter S Thompson for the Fictional character based on him in his Autobiographical novel Fear Oscar Zeta Acosta ( April 8, 1935 &ndash 1974? was a Mexican American ( Chicano) Attorney, Author, Politician " Strange Rumblings in Aztlan " is an article published in Rolling Stone #81 dated April 29, 1971 and written by Hunter S See also History of Mexican-Americans Mexican Americans are Americans of Mexican ancestry Rubén Salazar ( March 3, 1928 - August 29, 1970) was a Mexican-American News reporter killed by the Sheriffs Salazar had been shot in the head at close range with a tear gas canister fired by officers of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department during the National Chicano Moratorium March against the Vietnam War. The Chicano Moratorium, formally known as the National Chicano Moratorium Committee, was a movement of Chicano Anti-war activists that built a broad-based The Vietnam War, also known as the Second Indochina War, or the Vietnam Conflict, occurred in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia One of Thompson's sources for the story was Oscar Zeta Acosta, a prominent Mexican-American activist and attorney. Oscar Zeta Acosta ( April 8, 1935 &ndash 1974? was a Mexican American ( Chicano) Attorney, Author, Politician Finding it difficult to talk in the racially tense atmosphere of Los Angeles, Thompson and Acosta decided to travel to Las Vegas, Nevada, and take advantage of an assignment by Sports Illustrated to write a 250-word photograph caption on the Mint 400 motorcycle race held there. Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West Las Vegas ( Spanish: "The Meadows" is the most populous City in the state of Nevada, the seat of Clark County, and an internationally Sports Illustrated is an American Sports Magazine owned by media conglomerate Time Warner. Mint 400 was also an album by Australian trio Ammonia. The Mint 400 was an annual Desert off road race for both Motorcycles
What was to be a short caption quickly grew into something else entirely. Thompson first submitted to Sports Illustrated a manuscript of 2,500 words, which was, as he later wrote, "aggressively rejected. " Rolling Stone publisher Jann Wenner was said to have liked "the first 20 or so jangled pages enough to take it seriously on its own terms and tentatively scheduled it for publication — which gave me the push I needed to keep working on it," Thompson later wrote. [18]
The result of the trip to Las Vegas became the 1972 book Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas which first appeared in the November 1971 issues of Rolling Stone as a two-part series. It is written as a first-person account by a journalist named Raoul Duke on a trip to Las Vegas with Dr. Gonzo, his "300-pound Samoan attorney," to cover a narcotics officers' convention and the "fabulous Mint 400". Raoul Duke was the Pseudonym used by Hunter S Thompson for the Fictional character based on him in his Autobiographical novel Fear Samoa, officially the Independent State of Samoa, is a country governing the western part of the Samoan Islands Archipelago in the South Pacific Ocean The prohibition of drugs through sumptuary Legislation or Religious law is a common means of attempting to control Drug use and the During the trip, Duke and his companion (always referred to as "my attorney") become sidetracked by a search for the American Dream, with ". The American Dream is Belief in the Freedom that allows all citizens and residents of the United States to achieve their goals . . two bags of grass, seventy-five pellets of mescaline, five sheets of high-powered blotter acid, a salt shaker half full of cocaine, and a whole galaxy of multi-colored uppers, downers, screamers, laughers [. Cannabis, also known as marijuana or marihuana, or ganja (from Hindi / Sanskrit: गांजा gānjā hemp) is a Mescaline or 345-trimethoxyphenethylamine is a naturally-occurring Psychedelic Alkaloid of the Phenethylamine class Amphetamine, and related drugs such as Methamphetamine are a group of drugs that act by increasing levels of Norepinephrine, Serotonin, and Dopamine The benzodiazepines (pronounced, often abbreviated to "benzos") are a class of Psychoactive drugs with varying Hypnotic Nitrous oxide, commonly known as " laughing gas," is a Chemical compound with the Chemical formula N 2 O. . . ] and also a quart of tequila, a quart of rum, a case of Budweiser, a pint of raw ether, and two dozen amyls. Budweiser is an American-style lager and is one of the most popular beers in the United States. Diethyl ether, also known as ether and ethoxyethane, is a clear colorless and highly Flammable liquid with a low Boiling point and a Amyl nitrite is the Chemical compound with the formula C5H11ONO "
Coming to terms with the failure of the 1960s countercultural movement is a major theme of the novel, and the book was greeted with considerable critical acclaim, including being heralded by the New York Times as "by far the best book yet written on the decade of dope". Counterculture (also " counter-culture " is a sociological term used to describe the values and norms of behavior of a Cultural group, or [19] "The Vegas Book", as Thompson referred to it, was a mainstream success and introduced his Gonzo journalism techniques to the masses.
Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail, 1972
Within the next year, Thompson wrote extensively for Rolling Stone while covering the election campaigns of President Richard Nixon and his unsuccessful opponent, Senator George McGovern. Fear and Loathing On the Campaign Trail '72 is a collection of articles covering the 1972 presidential campaign written by the Gonzo journalist Hunter The United States presidential election of 1972 was waged on the issues of radicalism and the Vietnam War. George Stanley McGovern The articles were soon combined and published as Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72. Fear and Loathing On the Campaign Trail '72 is a collection of articles covering the 1972 presidential campaign written by the Gonzo journalist Hunter As the title suggests, Thompson spent nearly all of his time traveling the "campaign trail," focusing largely on the Democratic Party's primaries (Nixon, as an incumbent, performed little campaign work) in which McGovern competed with rival candidates Ed Muskie and Hubert Humphrey. The Democratic Party is one of two major Political parties in the United States, the other being the Republican Party. Edmund Sixtus "Ed" Muskie ( March 28, 1914 – March 26, 1996) was an American Democratic Politician Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr ( May 27, 1911 &ndash January 13, 1978) was the thirty-eighth Vice President of the United States, serving Thompson was an early supporter of McGovern, and it could be argued that his unflattering coverage of the rival campaigns in the increasingly widely read Rolling Stone played a role in the senator's nomination. Rolling Stone is a United States -based Magazine devoted to Music, Politics, and Popular culture that is published
Thompson went on to become a fierce critic of Nixon, both during and after his presidency. After Nixon's death in 1994, Thompson famously described him in Rolling Stone as a man who "could shake your hand and stab you in the back at the same time" and said "his casket [should] have been launched into one of those open-sewage canals that empty into the ocean just south of Los Angeles. He was a swine of a man and a jabbering dupe of a president. [He] was an evil man—evil in a way that only those who believe in the physical reality of the Devil can understand it. The Devil is the "[20] The one passion they shared was a love of football, which is discussed in Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72. Fear and Loathing On the Campaign Trail '72 is a collection of articles covering the 1972 presidential campaign written by the Gonzo journalist Hunter
Thompson was to provide Rolling Stone similar coverage for the 1976 Presidential Campaign that would appear in a book published by the magazine. The United States presidential election of 1976 followed the resignation of President Richard M Reportedly, as Thompson was waiting for a $75,000 advance cheque to arrive, he learned that Rolling Stone publisher Jann Wenner had pulled the plug on the endeavor without telling Thompson. [21]
Wenner then asked Thompson to travel to Vietnam to report on what appeared to be the closing of the Vietnam War. Vietnam (ˌviːɛtˈnɑːm Việt Nam) officially The Vietnam War, also known as the Second Indochina War, or the Vietnam Conflict, occurred in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia Thompson accepted, and left for Saigon immediately. He arrived with the country in chaos, just as the United States was preparing to evacuate and other journalists were scrambling to find transportation out of the region. The Fall of Saigon (in Vietnamese: Sự kiện 30 tháng 4 - April 30 Incident; Giải phóng miền Nam - The liberation of the south While there, Thompson learned that Wenner had pulled the plug on this excursion as well, and Thompson found himself in Vietnam without health insurance or additional financial support. Thompson's story about the fall of Saigon would not be published in Rolling Stone until ten years later. [22]
These two incidents severely strained the relationship between the author and the magazine, and Thompson contributed far less to the publication in later years.
Later years
1980 marked both his divorce from Sandra Conklin and the release of Where the Buffalo Roam, a loose film adaptation of situations from Thompson's early 1970s work, with Bill Murray starring as the author. Where the Buffalo Roam is a 1980 Comedy film based on a number of semi-biographical stories written by author Hunter S For the British actor see Billy Murray (actor. William James "Bill" Murray (born September 21, 1950) is an Murray had to spend several months living with Thompson to get his character down, and it is rumored that during this time Thompson tied Murray to a chair, blind folded him and threw him into a pool. Murray escaped and would go on to become one of Thompson's only trusted friends. Co-actors of Murray's on Saturday Night Live said that it took him months to break Thompson's character and that he would frequently come into the studio smoking a cigarette in a holder. After the lukewarm reception of the film, Thompson temporarily relocated to Hawaii to work on a novel, The Curse of Lono, a gonzo-style account of a marathon held in that state. The Curse of Lono is a book by Hunter S Thompson describing his experiences in Hawaii in 1980 Extensively illustrated by Ralph Steadman, the piece first appeared in Running magazine in 1981 as "The Charge of the Weird Brigade" and was excerpted in Playboy in 1983. Ralph Steadman (born Wallasey, May 15, 1936) is a British Cartoonist and Caricaturist. Playboy is an American Men's magazine, founded in Chicago Illinois, by Hugh Hefner and his associates which has grown into Playboy [23]
On July 21, 1981, in Aspen, Colorado, Thompson ran a stop sign at 2 a. The Curse of Lono is a book by Hunter S Thompson describing his experiences in Hawaii in 1980 Ralph Steadman (born Wallasey, May 15, 1936) is a British Cartoonist and Caricaturist. Events 356 BC - Herostratus sets fire to the Temple of Artemis in Ephesus, one of the Seven Wonders of the World Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 m. and began to "rave" at a state trooper. He also refused to take alcohol tests. Because of his refusal he was arrested, but the drunk-driving charges against the journalist were later dropped.
In 1983, he covered the U. S. invasion of Grenada but would not discuss these experiences until the publication of Kingdom of Fear 20 years later. Grenada (grɪˈneɪdə is an Island nation that includes the southern Grenadines in the southeastern Caribbean Sea. Kingdom of Fear Loathsome Secrets of a Star-Crossed Child In the Final Days of the American Century is a book by Hunter S Later that year he authored a piece for Rolling Stone called "A Dog Took My Place," an exposé of the scandalous Roxanne Pulitzer divorce and what he termed the "Palm Beach lifestyle. Palm Beach is an upscale Incorporated town in Palm Beach County, Florida, United States. " The article contained dubious insinuations of bestiality (among other things) but was considered to be a return to proper form by many. Zoophilia, from the Greek ζῷον ( zṓion, "animal" and φιλία ( philia, "friendship" or "love" is a Paraphilia
Shortly thereafter, Thompson accepted an advance to write about "couples pornography" for Playboy. As part of his research, he spent time at the Mitchell Brothers O'Farrell Theater strip club in San Francisco and his experience there eventually evolved into a full-length nonfiction novel tentatively titled The Night Manager. Mitchell Brothers O'Farrell Theatre is a Striptease club at 895 O'Farrell Street near San Francisco 's Tenderloin neighborhood A strip club is a Nightclub or bar that offers Striptease (the erotic removal of a performer's clothing and possibly other related services such as Neither the novel nor the article was ever published.
In 1990 former porn director Gail Palmer visited Thompson's home in Woody Creek. Gail Palmer (also Gail Palmer-Slater real name Gail Parmentier born in 1954 or 1955 was active as a writer producer and director of pornographic movies in the U She later accused him of sexual assault, claiming that he twisted her breast when she refused to join him in the hot tub. She also described cocaine use to authorities. A six person 11 hour search of Thompson's home turned up various kinds of drugs and a few sticks of dynamite. [24] All charges were dismissed after a pre-trial hearing. Thompson would later describe this experience at length in Kingdom of Fear.
By the early 1990s Thompson was said to be working on a fictional novel called Polo Is My Life, which was briefly excerpted in Rolling Stone in 1994, and which Hunter himself described in 1996 as ". . . a sex book — you know, sex, drugs and rock and roll. It's about the manager of a sex theater who's forced to leave and flee to the mountains. He falls in love and gets in even more trouble than he was in the sex theater in San Francisco". [25] The novel was slated to be released by Random House in 1999, and was even assigned ISBN 0679406948, but was never actually published. Random House Inc is the world's largest English-language general trade book publisher
At the behest of old friend and editor Warren Hinckle, Thompson became a media critic for the San Francisco Examiner from the mid-1980s until the end of that decade. The San Francisco Examiner is a US daily Newspaper. It has been published continuously in San Francisco, California, since
Thompson continued to contribute irregularly to Rolling Stone. "Fear and Loathing in Elko," published in 1992, was a well-received fictional rallying cry against Clarence Thomas, while "Mr. Clarence Thomas (born June 23, 1948) is an American Jurist. He has been serving as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Bill's Neighborhood" was a largely non-fictional account of an interview with Bill Clinton in an Arkansas diner. William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe III, August 19 1946 served as the forty-second President of the United States Rather than embarking on the campaign trail as he had done in previous presidential elections, Thompson monitored the proceedings from cable television; Better Than Sex: Confessions of a Political Junkie, his account of the 1992 campaign, is composed of reactionary faxes sent to Rolling Stone. Better Than Sex Confessions of a Political Junkie is a 1994 book written by American Author and Journalist Hunter S A decade later, he contributed "Fear and Loathing, Campaign 2004" — an account of a road jaunt with John Kerry during his presidential campaign that would be Thompson's final magazine feature. } John Forbes Kerry (born December 11 1943 is an American Politician who is currently serving his fourth term as the junior United States Senator
Thompson was named a Kentucky Colonel by the Governor of Kentucky in a December 1996 tribute ceremony where he also received keys to the city of Louisville. Kentucky colonel is an honorary title bestowed upon individuals by approval of the Governor of Kentucky. The Commonwealth of Kentucky ( is a state located in the East Central United States of America. [26]
The Gonzo Papers
Despite publishing a novel and numerous newspaper and magazine articles, the majority of Thompson's literary output after the late 1970s took the form of a 4-volume series of books called The Gonzo Papers. The Gonzo Papers is a four volume series of books by American Journalist and Author Hunter Beginning with The Great Shark Hunt in 1979 and ending with Better Than Sex in 1994, the series is largely a collection of rare newspaper and magazine pieces from the pre-gonzo period, along with almost all of his Rolling Stone short pieces, excerpts from the Fear and Loathing. The Great Shark Hunt is a book by Hunter S Thompson. Originally published in 1979 as Gonzo Papers Vol Better Than Sex Confessions of a Political Junkie is a 1994 book written by American Author and Journalist Hunter S . . books, and so on.
By the late 1970s Thompson received complaints from critics, fans and friends that he was regurgitating his past glories without much new on his part;[27] these concerns are alluded to in the introduction of The Great Shark Hunt, where Thompson eerily suggested that his "old self" committed suicide. The Great Shark Hunt is a book by Hunter S Thompson. Originally published in 1979 as Gonzo Papers Vol
Perhaps in response to this, as well as the strained relationship with Rolling Stone, and the failure of his marriage, Thompson became more reclusive after 1980, often retreating to his compound in Woody Creek and rejecting or refusing to complete assignments. Despite the dearth of new material, Wenner kept Thompson on the Rolling Stone masthead as chief of the "National Affairs Desk," a position he would hold until his death.
Fear and Loathing Redux
Thompson's work was popularized again with the 1998 release of the film Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, which opened to considerable fanfare. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is a 1998 Film adaptation of Hunter S The novel was reprinted to coincide with the film, and Thompson's work was introduced to a new generation of readers.
Soon thereafter, Thompson's "long lost" novel The Rum Diary was published, as were the first two volumes of his collected letters, which were greeted with critical acclaim. The Rum Diary is an early Novel by American Writer Hunter S Thompson that was written in the early 1960s but was not published until 1998
Thompson's next, and penultimate, collection, Kingdom of Fear, was a combination of new material, selected newspaper clippings, and some older works. Kingdom of Fear Loathsome Secrets of a Star-Crossed Child In the Final Days of the American Century is a book by Hunter S Released in 2003, it was perceived by critics to be an angry, vitriolic commentary on the passing of the American Century and the state of affairs after the September 2001 attacks. This article is for the term used for American power in the 20th century
Hunter married Anita Bejmuk, his long-time assistant, on April 24, 2003. Events 1479 BC - Thutmose III ascends to the throne of Egypt, although power effectively shifts to Hatshepsut (according to Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar.
Thompson ended his journalism career in the same way it had begun: writing about sports. Thompson penned a weekly column called "Hey, Rube" for ESPN. ESPN, originally an acronym for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, is an American Cable television network dedicated to com's "Page 2". Page 2 is a feature section of ESPNcom. The section contains humorous opinionated articles on American sport and regular contributors including "The Sports Guy" The column ran from 2000 to shortly before his death in 2005. Simon & Schuster bundled many of the columns from the first few years and released it in mid-2004 as Hey Rube: Blood Sport, the Bush Doctrine, and the Downward Spiral of Dumbness - Modern History from the Sports Desk. Simon & Schuster Inc, a division of CBS Corporation, is a Publisher founded in New York in 1924 by Richard L Hey Rube Blood Sport the Bush Doctrine and the Downward Spiral of Dumbness is a book consisting of 83 articles in three parts written by
Death
Thompson died at his self-described "fortified compound" known as "Owl Farm" in Woody Creek, Colorado, at 5:42 p. Woody Creek is an unincorporated Town and a US Post Office located in Pitkin County, Colorado, United States. m. on February 20, 2005, from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. Events 1472 - Orkney and Shetland are left by Norway to Scotland, due to a Dowry payment Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
Thompson's son (Juan), daughter-in-law (Jennifer Winkel Thompson) and grandson (Will Thompson) were visiting for the weekend at the time of his suicide. Will and Jennifer were in the adjacent room when they heard the gunshot. Mistaking the shot for the sound of a book falling, they continued with their activities for a few minutes before checking on him. Thompson was sitting at his typewriter with the word "counselor" written in the center of the page. [28]
They reported to the press that they do not believe his suicide was out of desperation, but was a well-thought out act resulting from Thompson's many painful medical conditions. Thompson's wife, Anita, who was at a gym at the time of her husband's death, was on the phone with him when he ended his life.
What family and police describe as a suicide note was delivered to his wife four days before his death and later published by Rolling Stone Magazine. Entitled "Football Season Is Over",[29] it read:
- "No More Games. No More Bombs. No More Walking. No More Fun. No More Swimming. 67. That is 17 years past 50. 17 more than I needed or wanted. Boring. I am always bitchy. No Fun — for anybody. 67. You are getting Greedy. Act your old age. Relax — This won't hurt"
Artist and friend Ralph Steadman wrote:
- ". Ralph Steadman (born Wallasey, May 15, 1936) is a British Cartoonist and Caricaturist. . . He told me 25 years ago that he would feel real trapped if he didn't know that he could commit suicide at any moment. I don't know if that is brave or stupid or what, but it was inevitable. I think that the truth of what rings through all his writing is that he meant what he said. If that is entertainment to you, well, that's OK. If you think that it enlightened you, well, that's even better. If you wonder if he's gone to Heaven or Hell — rest assured he will check out them both, find out which one Richard Milhous Nixon went to — and go there. He could never stand being bored. But there must be Football too — and Peacocks. . . "[30]
Paul William Roberts in his Toronto Globe and Mail article of Saturday, February 26, 2005 wrote how he imagined an obituary should begin:[31]
- "Hunter telephoned me on Feb. The Globe and Mail is a Canadian English language nationally distributed Newspaper, based in Toronto and printed in six cities 19, the night before his death. He sounded scared. It wasn't always easy to understand what he said, particularly over the phone, he mumbled, yet when there was something he really wanted you to understand, you did. He'd been working on a story about the World Trade Center attacks and had stumbled across what he felt was hard evidence showing the towers had been brought down not by the airplanes that flew into them but by explosive charges set off in their foundations. Now he thought someone was out to stop him publishing it: "They're gonna make it look like suicide," he said. "I know how these bastards think. . . "[31]
However, Roberts goes on to state:
- "That's how I imagine a tribute to Hunter S. Thompson should begin. He was indeed working on such a story, but it wasn't what killed him. . . "[31]
As the Globe and Mail website required pay-per-view for the full article,[31] viewers who only read the partial text mistakenly believed it to be genuine. Pay-per-view (often abbreviated PPV) is the system in which Television viewers can purchase events to be seen on TV and pay for the private telecast of that event [32][33]
Funeral
On 20 August 2005, in a private ceremony, Thompson's ashes were fired from a cannon atop a 153-foot (47 m) tower of his own design (in the shape of a double-thumbed fist clutching a peyote button) to the tune of Bob Dylan's "Mr. Tambourine Man", known to be the song most respected by the late writer. Events 636 - Battle of Yarmouk: Arab forces led by Khalid ibn al-Walid take control of Syria and Palestine Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Lophophora williamsii (loʊˈfɒfərə wɪlˈjæmsiaɪ lō-fof′ŏ-ră will-yăm′sē-ī better known by its common name Peyote, (from the Bob Dylan (born Robert Zimmerman, May 24 1941 in Duluth, Minnesota) is an American singer-songwriter author poet and painter who has been a major For The Byrds ' album of the same name see Mr Tambourine Man (album. Red, white, blue, and green fireworks were launched along with his ashes. As the city of Aspen would not allow the cannon to remain for more than a month, the cannon has been dismantled and put into storage until a suitable permanent location can be found. According to widow Anita Thompson, the actor Johnny Depp, a close friend of Thompson, financed the funeral. John Depp told the Associated Press, "All I'm doing is trying to make sure his last wish comes true. The Associated Press ( AP) is an American News agency. The AP is a Cooperative owned by its contributing Newspapers radio I just want to send my pal out the way he wants to go out. "[34]
Other famous attendees at the funeral included U.S. Senator John Kerry and former U. The United States Senate is the Upper house of the bicameral United States Congress, the Lower house being the House of Representatives } John Forbes Kerry (born December 11 1943 is an American Politician who is currently serving his fourth term as the junior United States Senator S. Senator George McGovern; 60 Minutes correspondent Ed Bradley; actors Bill Murray, Sean Penn, and Josh Hartnett; singers Lyle Lovett and John Oates, the poet Trip Lucid; and numerous other friends. George Stanley McGovern Not to be confused with the BBC news magazine program Sixty Minutes (TV series. Edward Rudolph Bradley Jr ( June 22, 1941 – November 9, 2006) was an American Journalist, best known for 26 years For the British actor see Billy Murray (actor. William James "Bill" Murray (born September 21, 1950) is an Sean Justin Penn (born August 17, 1960) is an Academy Award - and Golden Globe -winning American Film Actor Joshua Daniel Hartnett (born July 21, 1978) is an American Actor. Lyle Pearce Lovett (born November 1, 1957) is an American Singer-songwriter and Actor. John William Oates (born April 7, 1949 in New York) is an American Musician and producer best known as the mustachioed An estimated 280 people attended the funeral.
The plans for this monument were initially drawn by Thompson and Ralph Steadman and were shown as part of an Omnibus program on the BBC entitled Fear and Loathing in Gonzovision (1978). Ralph Steadman (born Wallasey, May 15, 1936) is a British Cartoonist and Caricaturist. Omnibus was an arts-based BBC television documentary series broadcast on BBC One in the United Kingdom. It is included as a special feature on the second disc of the 2003 Criterion Collection DVD release of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (labeled on the DVD as "Fear and Loathing on the Road to Hollywood"). The Criterion Collection is a Privately held company that distributes "authoritative" consumer versions of "important classic and contemporary films" The video footage of Steadman and Thompson drawing the plans and outdoor footage showing where he wanted the cannon constructed were played prior to the unveiling of his cannon at the funeral.
Douglas Brinkley, a friend and now the family's spokesman, said of the ceremony: "If that's what he wanted, we'll see if we can pull it off. Douglas Brinkley (born December 14, 1960, in Atlanta Georgia is an American Author and distinguished Professor of History "[35]
Legacy
Writing style
Thompson is often credited as the creator of Gonzo journalism, a style of writing that blurs distinctions between fiction and nonfiction. "Gonzo" redirects here For other uses see Gonzo (disambiguation Gonzo journalism is a style of Journalism which is written His work and style are considered to be a major part of the New Journalism literary movement of the 1960s and 1970s, which attempted to break free from the purely objective style of mainstream reportage of the time. New Journalism was a style of 1960s and 1970s News writing and Journalism which used literary techniques deemed unconventional at the time Thompson almost always wrote in the first person, while extensively using his own experiences and emotions to color "the story" he was trying to follow. See also First person First-person narrative is a Narrative mode in which a Story is narrated by one character, who explicitly His writing aimed to be humorous, colorful, and bizarre, and he often exaggerated events to be more entertaining.
The term Gonzo has since been applied in kind to numerous other forms of highly subjective artistic expression. "Gonzo" redirects here For other uses see Gonzo (disambiguation Gonzo journalism is a style of Journalism which is written
Despite his having personally described his work as "Gonzo," it fell to later observers to describe more precisely what the phrase actually meant. While Thompson's approach clearly involved injecting himself as a participant in the events of the narrative, it also involved adding invented, metaphoric elements, thus creating, for the uninitiated reader, a seemingly confusing amalgam of facts and fiction notable for the deliberately blurred lines between one and the other. Thompson, in a 1974 Interview in Playboy Magazine addressed the issue himself, saying "Unlike Tom Wolfe or Gay Talese, I almost never try to reconstruct a story. Playboy is an American Men's magazine, founded in Chicago Illinois, by Hugh Hefner and his associates which has grown into Playboy They’re both much better reporters than I am, but then, I don’t think of myself as a reporter. " Tom Wolfe would later describe Thompson's style as ". Thomas Kennerly Wolfe Jr (born March 2, 1931 in Richmond, Virginia) known as Tom Wolfe, is a Best-selling . . part journalism and part personal memoir admixed with powers of wild invention and wilder rhetoric. "[36]
The majority of Thompson's most popular and acclaimed work appeared within the pages of Rolling Stone Magazine. Along with Joe Eszterhas and David Felton, Thompson was instrumental in expanding the focus of the magazine past music criticism; indeed, Thompson was the only staff writer of the epoch never to contribute a music feature to the magazine. Josef Eszterhas (born November 23, 1944) is a Hungarian - American Writer, known for his screenplays for the films Basic Nevertheless, his articles were always peppered with a wide array of pop music references ranging from Howlin' Wolf to Lou Reed. Chester Burnett redirects here For the American football player see Chester Burnett (American football Chester Arthur Burnett ( June 10, 1910 Lewis Allan Reed (born March 2 1942 is an American rock Singer-songwriter and Guitarist. Armed with early fax machines wherever he went, he became notorious for haphazardly sending sometimes illegible material to the magazine's San Francisco offices as an issue was about to go to press. Fax (short for facsimile, from Latin fac simile, "make similar" i
Robert Love, Thompson's editor of 23 years at Rolling Stone, wrote that "the dividing line between fact and fancy rarely blurred, and we didn’t always use italics or some other typographical device to indicate the lurch into the fabulous. But if there were living, identifiable humans in a scene, we took certain steps. . . . Hunter was close friends with many prominent Democrats, veterans of the ten or more presidential campaigns he covered, so when in doubt, we’d call the press secretary. 'People will believe almost any twisted kind of story about politicians or Washington,' he once said, and he was right. "
Discerning the line between the fact and the fiction of Thompson's work presented a practical problem for editors and fact-checkers of his work. Love called fact-checking Thompson's work "one of the sketchiest occupations ever created in the publishing world," and "for the first-timer . . . a trip through a journalistic fun house, where you didn’t know what was real and what wasn’t. You knew you had better learn enough about the subject at hand to know when the riff began and reality ended. Hunter was a stickler for numbers, for details like gross weight and model numbers, for lyrics and caliber, and there was no faking it. "[37]
Persona
Thompson often used a blend of fiction and fact when portraying himself in his writing as well, sometimes using the name Raoul Duke as an author surrogate whom he generally described as a callous, erratic, self-destructive journalist who constantly drank alcohol and took hallucinogenic drugs. Raoul Duke was the Pseudonym used by Hunter S Thompson for the Fictional character based on him in his Autobiographical novel Fear Raoul Duke was the Pseudonym used by Hunter S Thompson for the Fictional character based on him in his Autobiographical novel Fear As a Literary technique, an author surrogate is a character who expresses the ideas questions personality and morality of the author Fantasizing about causing bodily harm to others was also a characteristic in his work and according to the book "Hunter" by E. Jean Carrol, he would often deliver anecdotes about threatening to rape prostitutes, which also could have been jokes and just another example of his brand of humor.
In the late sixties, Thompson obtained his famous title of "Doctor" from the Universal Life Church. An honorary degree or a degree honoris causa ( Latin: 'for the sake of the honour' is an Academic degree for which a university (or other degree-awarding The Universal Life Church (or ULC) is a religious organization that offers anyone semi-immediate Ordination as a ULC minister free of charge [38] He later preferred to be called Dr. Thompson, and his "alter-ego" Raoul Duke called himself a "doctor of journalism". Raoul Duke was the Pseudonym used by Hunter S Thompson for the Fictional character based on him in his Autobiographical novel Fear
A number of critics have commented that as he grew older the line that distinguished Thompson from his literary self became increasingly blurred. [39][40][41] Thompson himself admitted during a 1978 BBC interview that he sometimes felt pressured to live up to the fictional self that he had created, adding "I'm never sure which one people expect me to be. Very often, they conflict - most often, as a matter of fact. . . . I'm leading a normal life and right along side me there is this myth, and it is growing and mushrooming and getting more and more warped. When I get invited to, say, speak at universities, I'm not sure if they are inviting Duke or Thompson. I'm not sure who to be. "[42]
Thompson's writing style and eccentric persona gave him a cult following in both literary and drug circles, and his cult status expanded into broader areas after being twice portrayed in major motion pictures. A cult following is a group of fans devoted to a specific area of Pop culture. Hence, both his writing style and persona have been widely imitated, and his likeness has even become a popular costume choice for Halloween. Halloween, or Hallowe’en, is a Holiday celebrated on the night of October 31. [43]
Political beliefs
In the documentary Breakfast With Hunter, Hunter S. Breakfast with Hunter is a documentary about the everyday life of gonzo -journalist Hunter S Thompson can also be seen in several scenes wearing different Che Guevara t-shirts. Ernesto "Che" Guevara (June 14 Following the Cuban revolution,Guevara reviewed
Hunter Thompson was a passionate proponent of the right to bear arms and privacy rights. The Second Amendment (Amendment II to the United States Constitution is a part of the United States Bill of Rights that protects the pre-existing The Fourth Amendment' ( Amendment IV) to the United States Constitution is a part of the Bill of Rights. [44] A member of the National Rifle Association,[45] Thompson was also co-creator of "The Fourth Amendment Foundation", an organization to assist victims in defending themselves against unwarranted search and seizure. The National Rifle Association, or NRA, is a non-profit ( 501(c(4) group dedicated to the protection of the Second Amendment of the Search and seizure is a legal procedure used in many civil law and Common law legal systems whereby Police or other authorities and their agents who suspect [46]
Part of his work with The Fourth Amendment Foundation centered around support of Lisl Auman, a Colorado woman who was sentenced for life in 1997 under felony murder charges for the death of police officer Bruce VanderJagt, despite contradictory statements and dubious evidence. Life imprisonment or life incarceration is a sentence of imprisonment for a serious crime often for most Thompson organized rallies, provided legal support, and co-wrote an article in the June 2004 issue of Vanity Fair, outlining the case. Vanity Fair is an American magazine of Culture, Fashion, and Politics published by Condé Nast Publications. The Colorado Supreme Court eventually overturned Auman's sentence in March 2005, shortly after Thompson's death, and Auman is now free. The Colorado Supreme Court is the highest court in the US state of Colorado. Auman's supporters claim Thompson's support and publicity resulted in the successful appeal. [47]
Thompson was a firearms and explosives enthusiast (in his writing and in real life) and owned a vast collection of handguns, rifles, shotguns, and various automatic and semi-automatic weapons, along with numerous forms of gaseous crowd control and many other homemade devices. A firearm is a Tool that projects either single or multiple Projectiles at high velocity through a controlled explosion An explosive material is a material that either is chemically or otherwise Energetically unstable or produces a sudden expansion of the material usually accompanied A rifle is a Firearm designed to be fired from the shoulder with a barrel that has a helical groove or pattern of grooves ("rifling" cut into the barrel walls A shotgun (also known as a scattergun) is a Firearm that is usually designed to be fired from the shoulder which uses the energy of a fixed shell to fire a number An automatic firearm is a Firearm that automatically extracts and ejects the fired cartridge case and loads a new case usually through the energy of the fired A semi-automatic, or self-loading Firearm is a gun that requires only a trigger pull for each round that is fired unlike a single-action A lachrymatory agent or lachrymator (from lacrima meaning "a tear " in Latin) (commonly referred to as tear gas) is a Improvised weapons are devices that were not designed to be used as Weapons but can be put to that use
Thompson was also an ardent supporter of drug legalization and became known for his less-than-shy accounts of his own drug usage. Drug liberalization is the process of eliminating or reducing Drug prohibition laws Recreational drug use is the use of Psychoactive drugs for Recreational purposes rather than for work, medical or spiritual purposes He was an early supporter of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws and served on the group's advisory board for over 30 years until his death. The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws ( NORML, ˈnɔrməl is a Washington D [48] He told an interviewer in 1997 that drugs should be legalized "Across the board. It might be a little rough on some people for a while, but I think it's the only way to deal with drugs. Look at Prohibition: all it did was make a lot of criminals rich. In the United States, the term Prohibition refers to the period from 1920 to 1933 during which the sale manufacture and transportation of alcohol for consumption Rum-running is the business of Smuggling or transporting of Alcoholic beverages illegally usually to circumvent Taxation or Prohibition. "[49]
After the September 11th, 2001 attacks, Thompson voiced skepticism regarding the "official story" on who was responsible for the attacks, suggesting to several interviewers that it may have been conducted by the U.S. Government or with the government's assistance. 9/11 Commission Report, formally named Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, is the official report of the events leading up to A variety of conspiracy theories question the mainstream account of the September 11 attacks in the United States. [50][51] In 2002, Thompson told a radio show host "[Y]ou sort of wonder when something like that happens, well, who stands to benefit? Who had the opportunity and the motive? You just kind of look at these basic things [. . . ] I saw that the US government was going to benefit, and the White House people, the Republican administration to take the mind of the public off of the crashing economy. See also Executive Office of the President of the United States The White House, formerly known as the Executive Mansion, is the Official residence The Presidency of George W Bush began on his inauguration on January 20, 2001 as the 43rd and current President of the United States of America The Early 2000s Recession was felt in mostly Western countries affecting the European Union mostly during 2000 and 2001 and the United States mostly in [. . . ] And I have spent enough time on the inside of, well in the White House and you know, campaigns and I've known enough people who do these things, think this way, to know that the public version of the news or whatever event, is never really what happened. "[51]
In 2004 Thompson, regarding politics, wrote: "Nixon was a professional politician, and I despised everything he stood for — but if he were running for president this year against the evil Bush-Cheney gang, I would happily vote for him. George Walker Bush ( born July 6 1946 is the forty-third and current President of the United States. Richard Bruce "Dick" Cheney (born January 30 1941 is the forty-sixth and current Vice President of the United States. The Presidency of George W Bush began on his inauguration on January 20, 2001 as the 43rd and current President of the United States of America "[52]
Popular slogans
A slogan of Thompson's, "When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro," appears as a chapter heading in Kingdom of Fear. He was also quoted as saying, "I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me. " Another one of his favorite sayings, "Buy the ticket, take the ride," is easily applied to virtually all of his exploits. "Too weird to live, too rare to die," a phrase applied to Oscar Zeta Acosta (Thompson's attorney from Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas), has been widely used to characterize the "Good Doctor" posthumously. Oscar Zeta Acosta ( April 8, 1935 &ndash 1974? was a Mexican American ( Chicano) Attorney, Author, Politician In Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, he coined the term "bad craziness. " He occasionally used the phrase, "There are many rooms in the mansion" in his non-fiction writings.
The Hawaiian word "mahalo" also frequently appears in Thompson's works and correspondence. Loosely translated, it means "may you be in divine breath" or "thank you. " On more than one occasion, "mahalo" followed Thompson's usage of "buy the ticket, take the ride. " "Mahalo" is sometimes replaced with the untranslatable Hebrew word "selah". Selah ( Hebrew: סלה may be the most difficult word in the Hebrew Bible to translate
Letters
Thompson wrote many letters and they were his primary means of personal conversation. Thompson made carbon copies of all his letters, usually typed, a habit that began in his teenage years. Carbon copying, often abbreviated to cc, is the technique of using Carbon paper to produce one or more copies simultaneously during the creation of paper documents His letters were sent to friends, public officials and reporters.
Some of his letters have begun to be published in a series of books called The Fear and Loathing Letters. The first volume, The Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman 1955 - 1967, is over 650 pages, while the second volume Fear and Loathing in America: The Brutal Odyssey of an Outlaw Journalist passed 700. Douglas Brinkley, who edits the letter series, said that for every letter included, fifteen were cut. Douglas Brinkley (born December 14, 1960, in Atlanta Georgia is an American Author and distinguished Professor of History Brinkley estimated Thompson's own archive to contain over 20,000 letters. According to Amazon.com, the last of the three planned volumes of Thompson's letters was allegedly to be published on January 1, 2007 as The Mutineer: Rants, Ravings, and Missives from the Mountaintop 1977-2005. Amazoncom Inc ( is an American electronic commerce ( E-commerce) company in Seattle Washington. New Year See also New Year The Ancient Romans began their consular year on January 1st since 153 BC Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Anita Thompson has said on her blog that the collection will be released sometime in February. Amazon. com recently updated the publication date on its site to February 1, 2009. Events 1327 - Teenaged Edward III is crowned King of England, but the country is ruled by his mother Queen This article is about the year For the film see 2009 Lost Memories.
Many biographies have been written about Thompson, although he did not write an autobiography himself. A biography (from the Greek words bíos (βίος meaning "life" and gráphein (γράφειν meaning "to write" is an account An autobiography, from the Greek αὐτός autos "self" βίος bios "life" and γράφειν graphein "to write" But his letters contained "asides" to "his biographers" that he assumed could be "reading in" on his collected letters. Some of these letters were already bundled into Thompson's Kingdom of Fear, though it is not considered an autobiography.
Photography
Thompson was an avid amateur photographer throughout his life and his photos have been exhibited since his death at art galleries in the United States and United Kingdom. A photographer is a person who takes a Photograph using a Camera. In late 2006, AMMO Books published a limited-edition 224 page collection of Thompson photos called GONZO, with an introduction by Johnny Depp. In late 2006, AMMO Books published a limited-edition 224 page collection titled GONZO Photographs By Hunter S Thompson's snapshots were a combination of the subjects he was covering, stylized self-portraits, and artistic still life photos. This article is about Still Life (or still lifes as plural the art form The London Observer called the photos "astonishingly good" and that "Thompson's pictures remind us, brilliantly in every sense, of very real people, real colours". The Observer is a British Newspaper published on Sundays In about the same place on the political spectrum as its daily sister paper The [53]
Movies
The film Where the Buffalo Roam (1980) depicts Thompson's attempts at writing stories for both the Super Bowl and the 1972 U.S. presidential election. Where the Buffalo Roam is a 1980 Comedy film based on a number of semi-biographical stories written by author Hunter S professional American football, the Super Bowl is the Championship game of the National Football League (NFL The United States presidential election of 1972 was waged on the issues of radicalism and the Vietnam War. It stars Bill Murray as Thompson and Peter Boyle as Thompson's attorney Oscar Acosta, referred to in the movie as Carl Lazlo, Esq. For the British actor see Billy Murray (actor. William James "Bill" Murray (born September 21, 1950) is an Peter Lawrence "Pete" Boyle ( October 18, 1935 &ndash December 12, 2006) was an American Actor. Oscar Zeta Acosta ( April 8, 1935 &ndash 1974? was a Mexican American ( Chicano) Attorney, Author, Politician Murray spent considerable time with Thompson as part of his preparation prior to production of film and inevitably picked up many of the latter's mannerisms, much to the annoyance of Murray's Saturday Night Live co-workers. Saturday Night Live ( SNL) is a weekly late-night 90-minute American Sketch comedy / Variety show based in New York City
The 1998 film adaptation of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas was directed by Monty Python veteran Terry Gilliam, and starred Johnny Depp (who moved into Hunter's basement to 'study' Thompson's persona before assuming his role in the film) as "Hunter Thompson/Raoul Duke" and Benicio del Toro as Oscar Acosta, referred to in the movie as "Dr. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is a 1998 Film adaptation of Hunter S Monty Python (sometimes known as The Pythons) is the collective name of the six creators of Monty Python's Flying Circus, a British Television Terrence Vance Gilliam (born 22 November 1940) is an American -born British Writer, Filmmaker, Animator and member John Benicio Monserrate Rafael del Toro Sánchez (born February 19 1967 is a Puerto Rican Actor and Film producer. Oscar Zeta Acosta ( April 8, 1935 &ndash 1974? was a Mexican American ( Chicano) Attorney, Author, Politician Gonzo". According to Thompson in The Great Shark Hunt, Thompson's editors demanded that Acosta not be referred to by name due to possible legal action for defamation. The Great Shark Hunt is a book by Hunter S Thompson. Originally published in 1979 as Gonzo Papers Vol The film has achieved something of a cult following. A cult film is a Film that has acquired a highly devoted but relatively small group of fans.
A film is currently in production based on Thompson's novel The Rum Diary. The Rum Diary is an early Novel by American Writer Hunter S Thompson that was written in the early 1960s but was not published until 1998 It is scheduled for a 2008 release, starring Johnny Depp as the main character, Paul Kemp. John Kemp's experiences are based loosely on, or inspired by, Thompson's own experiences in Puerto Rico. Bruce Robinson is directing. Bruce Robinson (born) is an English director and Screenwriter.
Documentaries
"Fear and Loathing on the Road to Hollywood" (1978) is an extended television profile by the BBC. It can be found on disc 2 of "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" The Criterion Collection edition.
The Mitchell brothers, owners of the O'Farrell Theatre in San Francisco, made a documentary about Thompson in 1988 called Hunter S. The Mitchell brothers ( James "Jim" Lloyd Mitchell November 30, 1943 – July 12, 2007 and Artie Jay Mitchell Thompson: The Crazy Never Die.
Wayne Ewing created three documentaries about Thompson. The film Breakfast With Hunter (2003) was directed and edited by Ewing. Breakfast with Hunter is a documentary about the everyday life of gonzo -journalist Hunter S It documents Thompson's work on the movie Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, his arrest for drunk driving, and his subsequent fight with the court system. Driving under the influence of alcohol ( driving while intoxicated, drunk driving, drinking and driving, drink-driving) or other drugs When I Die (2005) is a video chronicle of making Thompson's final farewell wishes a reality, and documents the send-off itself. " When I Die " is the eleventh track on New Found Glory 's album Coming Home. Free Lisl: Fear and Loathing in Denver (2006) chronicle's Thompson efforts in helping to free Lisl Auman who was sentenced to life in prison without parole for the shooting of a police officer, a crime she didn't commit. All three films are only available from http://www.hunterthompsonfilms.com/
In Come on Down: Searching for the American Dream[54] (2004) Thompson gives director Adamm Liley insight into the nature of the American Dream over drinks at the Woody Creek Tavern.
Buy The Ticket, Take The Ride: Hunter S. Thompson On Film (2006) was directed by Tom Thurman, written by Tom Marksbury, and produced by the Starz Entertainment Group. Starz Entertainment LLC is a wholly owned Television programming subsidiary of Liberty Media Corp. The original documentary features interviews with Thompson’s inner circle of family and friends, but the thrust of the film focuses on the manner in which his life often overlapped with numerous Hollywood celebrities who became his close friends, such as Johnny Depp, Benicio del Toro, Bill Murray, Sean Penn, John Cusack, Thompson’s wife Anita, son Juan, former Senators George McGovern and Gary Hart, writers Tom Wolfe and William F. Buckley, actors Gary Busey and Harry Dean Stanton, and the illustrator Ralph Steadman among others. John Benicio Monserrate Rafael del Toro Sánchez (born February 19 1967 is a Puerto Rican Actor and Film producer. For the British actor see Billy Murray (actor. William James "Bill" Murray (born September 21, 1950) is an Sean Justin Penn (born August 17, 1960) is an Academy Award - and Golden Globe -winning American Film Actor John Paul Cusack (born June 28, 1966) is an American Film actor and Screenwriter. George Stanley McGovern For the football player see Gary Hart (footballer. Gary Hart (born Gary Warren Hartpence, November 28, 1936 Thomas Kennerly Wolfe Jr (born March 2, 1931 in Richmond, Virginia) known as Tom Wolfe, is a Best-selling William Frank Buckley Jr ( November 24 1925 – February 27 2008) was an American Author and conservative William Gareth Jacob "Gary" Busey (born June 29, 1944) is an Academy Award - and Golden Globe Award -nominated American Harry Dean Stanton (born July 14, 1926) is an American Actor. Ralph Steadman (born Wallasey, May 15, 1936) is a British Cartoonist and Caricaturist.
"Blasted!!! The Gonzo Patriots of Hunter S. Thompson" (2006), produced, directed, photographed and edited by Blue Kraning, is a documentary about the scores of fans who volunteered their privately-owned artillery to fire the ashes of the late author, Hunter S Thompson. Blasted!!! premiered at the 2006 Starz Denver International Film Festival, part of a tribute series to Hunter S. Thompson held at the Denver Press Club.
In 2008, Academy Award-winning documentarian Alex Gibney (Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room, Taxi to the Dark Side) wrote and directed a documentary on Thompson, entitled Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson. "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. Alex Gibney is an Oscar - Emmy - and duPont-Columbia -award winning American Film director and producer. Enron The Smartest Guys in the Room is a 2005 Documentary film based on the best-selling 2003 book of the same name by Fortune Taxi to the Dark Side is a 2007 Documentary film directed by American filmmaker Alex Gibney, and produced by Eva Orner Gonzo The Life and Work of Dr Hunter S Thompson is a 2008 Documentary film directed by Alex Gibney. The film premiered on January 20, 2008 at the Sundance Film Festival. The Sundance Film Festival is a Film festival that takes place annually in the state of Utah, in the United States. Gibney uses intimate, never-before-seen home videos, interviews with friends, enemies and lovers, and clips from films adapted from Thompson's material to document his turbulent life.
Accolades and tributes
- Author Tom Wolfe has called Thompson the greatest American comic writer of the 20th century. Thomas Kennerly Wolfe Jr (born March 2, 1931 in Richmond, Virginia) known as Tom Wolfe, is a Best-selling [55]
- The 2006 documentary film Fuck, which features Hunter S Thompson commenting on the usage of that word, is dedicated to his memory. Fuck (sometime titled as FUCK or The "F" Word; seen on the poster as F★ck and on DVD packaging as F★ck (A F★ckumentary [56]
- Thompson appeared on the cover of the 1,000th Rolling Stone issue (May 18 - June 1, 2006). Rolling Stone is a United States -based Magazine devoted to Music, Politics, and Popular culture that is published He appeared as a devil playing the guitar next to the two "L"'s in the word "Rolling Stone". Johnny Depp also appeared on the cover. John
- Hunter Thompson appears as Uncle Duke in Doonesbury, the Garry Trudeau comic strip. Uncle Duke is a Fictional character in the Comic strip Doonesbury. Doonesbury is a Comic strip by G B Trudeau that chronicles the adventures and lives of a vast array of different characters of different ages professions Garretson Beekman Trudeau (born July 21, 1948) is an American Cartoonist, best known for the Doonesbury comic strip (Raoul Duke was a pseudonym used by Thompson. A pseudonym is a fictitious alternative to a person's legal name (see Alias) ) When the character was first introduced, Thompson protested, (he was once quoted in an interview saying that he would set Trudeau on fire if the two ever met)[57] although it was reported that he liked the character in later years.
- Between 7 March 2005 (roughly two weeks after Thompson's suicide) and 12 March 2005, Doonesbury ran a tribute to Hunter, with Uncle Duke lamenting the death of the man he called his "inspiration. Events 161 - Roman Emperor Antoninus Pius dies and is succeeded by co-Emperors Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 538 - Witiges, king of the Ostrogoths ends his siege of Rome and retreats to Ravenna, leaving Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. " The first of these strips featured a panel with artwork similar to that of Ralph Steadman, and later strips featured various non sequiturs (with Duke variously transforming into a monster, melting, shrinking to the size of an empty drinking glass, or people around him turning into animals) which seemed to mirror some of the effects of hallucinatory drugs described in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. Ralph Steadman (born Wallasey, May 15, 1936) is a British Cartoonist and Caricaturist. A non sequitur (ˌnɒnˈsɛkwɨtɚ is a conversational and literary device often used for comical purposes (as opposed to its use in formal logic)
- Besides Uncle Duke, Hunter was the direct inspiration of two other comic strip characters. Underground comix creator turned animation/cartooning historian Scott Shaw! used an anthropomorphic dog named "Pointer X. Underground comics (or comix) are Small press or self-published Comic books that began to appear in the US in the late 1960s Scott Shaw (often spelled Scott Shaw!) is a United States Cartoonist and Animator. Toxin" in a number of his works. Matt Howarth has created a number of comic books in his "Bugtown" universe with a Thompson-inspired character named "Monseiuer Boche", as well as a musician named "Savage Henry", the name of a drug dealer (or "scag baron") mentioned in Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas. Matt Howarth is an artist/cartoonist who created among other things the Comic book series Those Annoying Post Bros, Savage Henry Bugtown is a fictional city that is the setting of several Comic books and novels written by Matt Howarth.
- In The Simpsons episode "Viva Ned Flanders" a scene occurs when Ned Flanders and Homer Simpson drive down a highway to Las Vegas, passing a car containing two passengers, resembling Ralph Steadman's artwork for the initial publication of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas in Rolling Stone magazine. " Viva Ned Flanders " is the tenth episode of The Simpsons ' tenth season, which originally aired on January 10, Nedward "Ned" Flanders is a recurring character in the animated television series The Simpsons. Homer Jay Simpson is a main fictional character in the animated television series The Simpsons and father of the eponymous family. Ralph Steadman (born Wallasey, May 15, 1936) is a British Cartoonist and Caricaturist. Rolling Stone is a United States -based Magazine devoted to Music, Politics, and Popular culture that is published
- Spider Jerusalem, the gonzo journalist protagonist of Warren Ellis's Transmetropolitan, is largely based on Thompson. Spider Jerusalem is a fictional character and the Protagonist of the Comic book Transmetropolitan, created by writer Warren Ellis The Protagonist or main character is the central figure of a story. Warren Ellis (born February 16, 1968) is a British author of Comics Novels and Television, well known for sociocultural Transmetropolitan is a Postcyberpunk Comic book series written by Warren Ellis with art by Darick Robertson and published by
- Adult Swim's animated series The Venture Bros. featured a character named Hunter Gathers (who looks and acts much like Thompson) employed by the fictional Office of Secret Intelligence as a trainer. Adult Swim, (usually stylized swim with its signature square Brackets, is an adult-oriented Television network sharing channel space with Cartoon The Venture Bros (alternatively The Venture Brothers) is an American Animated television series airing as part of Adult Swim This is a list of main and recurring Fictional characters and organizations from The Venture Bros
- Avenged Sevenfold's song titled "Bat Country" from their 2005 album City of Evil is based on Thompson's novel Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas with numerous references used throughout the song including the famous quote "He who makes a beast out of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man. Avenged Sevenfold is an American Hard rock band formed in 1999 in Huntington Beach California. " Bat Country " is a single by the American Hard rock band Avenged Sevenfold from their 2005 album City of Evil. City of Evil is Avenged Sevenfold 's third full-length album It was released on June 7, 2005 by Warner Brothers. ", which is said by M. Shadows in beginning of the song. Matthew Charles Sanders, better known by his stage name M Shadows (born July 31, 1981) in Huntington Beach California) is the Vocalist
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- ^ Thompson, Hunter (2006). Hunter Stockton Thompson ( July 18, 1937 &ndash February 20, 2005) was an American Journalist and Author, most Fear and Loathing in America, Paperback Edition. , Simon & Schuster, 784. Simon & Schuster Inc, a division of CBS Corporation, is a Publisher founded in New York in 1924 by Richard L ISBN 978-0684873169.
- ^ Anson, Robert Sam (December 10, 1976) Rolling Stone Pt. 2: Hunter Thompson Meets Fear and Loathing Face to Face New Times
- ^ Thompson, Hunter S. Events 1041 - Empress Zoe of Byzantium elevates her adoptive son to the throne of the Eastern Roman Empire as Michael V Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. (2003) Kingdom of Fear Simon & Schuster. Kingdom of Fear Loathsome Secrets of a Star-Crossed Child In the Final Days of the American Century is a book by Hunter S p. 95.
- ^ Martin, Douglas, (March 16, 2006) Bill Cardoso, 68, Editor Who Coined 'Gonzo', Is Dead. Events 597 BC - Babylonians capture Jerusalem, replace Jehoiachin with Zedekiah as king Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. The New York Times.
- ^ Thompson, Hunter (1979). Hunter Stockton Thompson ( July 18, 1937 &ndash February 20, 2005) was an American Journalist and Author, most The Great Shark Hunt: Strange Tales from a Strange Time, 1st ed. , Summit Books, 105-109. ISBN 0-671-40046-0.
- ^ Woods, Crawford (July 23, 1972) [1] The New York Times Book Review. Events 1632 - Three hundred colonists bound for New France depart from Dieppe France. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
- ^ Thompson, Hunter S. (June 15, 1994) He Was A Crook Rolling Stone
- ^ Anson, Robert Sam (December 10, 1976) Rolling Stone Pt. 2: Hunter Thompson Meets Fear and Loathing Face to Face New Times
- ^ Anson, Robert Sam (December 10, 1976) Rolling Stone Pt. 2: Hunter Thompson Meets Fear and Loathing Face to Face New Times
- ^ The Great Thompson Hunt - Books - The Curse of Lono
- ^ Aspen Journal; New Fear and Loathing: Gonzo Writer on Trial, The New York Times, 22 May 1990
- ^ Sara Nelson 1996 Interview with Hunter S. Thompson The Book Report
- ^ Whitehead, Ron. Events 763 BC - Assyrians record a Solar eclipse that will be used to fix the Chronology of Mesopotamian history Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Events 1041 - Empress Zoe of Byzantium elevates her adoptive son to the throne of the Eastern Roman Empire as Michael V Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1041 - Empress Zoe of Byzantium elevates her adoptive son to the throne of the Eastern Roman Empire as Michael V Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Hunter S. Thompson, Kentucky Colonel Reykjaviks Magazine March 11, 2005 http://www.grapevine.is/default.aspx?show=paper&part=fullstory&id=281
- ^ The Great Thompson Hunt - HST & Friends - Rolling Stone College Papers 1980
- ^ Pitkin County Sheriff's Dept. (March 2, 2005) Incident Report 4391
- ^ "Football Season Is Over", Rolling Stone Magazine. Events 986 - Louis V becomes King of the Franks. 1127 - Assassination of Charles the Good Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
- ^ Steadman, Ralph (Feb. 2005). "Hunter S. Thompson 1937-2005". Retrieved March 19, 2005. Events 1279 - A Mongolian victory in the Battle of Yamen ends the Song Dynasty in China. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
- ^ a b c d Willliams, Paul. "Alexander Pope in a prose convertible". Toronto Globe and Mail
- ^ Hunter S. Thompson Predicted His Murder Would Be Labeled "Suicide" - theworldforum.org
- ^ "Hunter S. Thompson obituary spawns "murder" theory" - Wikinews
- ^ Hunter Thompson Blown Sky High
- ^ Elliott, Dan — Associated Press "Thompson's send-off could fill skies"
- ^ Wolfe, Tom (February 22, 2005) As Gonzo in Life as in His Work
- ^ Love, Robert. The Globe and Mail is a Canadian English language nationally distributed Newspaper, based in Toronto and printed in six cities Events 1495 - King Charles VIII of France enters Naples to claim the city's throne Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. (May-June 2005) A Technical Guide For Editing Gonzo. Columbia Journalism Review. Accessed 20 February 2007. Events 1472 - Orkney and Shetland are left by Norway to Scotland, due to a Dowry payment Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.
- ^ The Great Thompson Hunt - HST & Friends - Who Is (Dr.) Hunter S. Thompson?
- ^ Cohen, Rich "Gonzo Nights The New York Times April 17, 2005
- ^ Hart, Stephen Hunter S. Thompson The Opinion Mill December 26, 2005. Events 1481 - Battle of Westbrook - Holland defeats troops of Utrecht. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
- ^ Clifford, Peggy A love song for Hunter S. Thompson Santa Monica Mirror Retrieved March 28, 2007. Events 37 - Roman Emperor Caligula accepts the titles of the Principate, entitled to him by the Senate. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.
- ^ BBC 1978 Fear and Loathing in Gonzovision
- ^ hunter s thompson halloween
- ^ Glassie, John Interview with Hunter S. Thompson Salon. com. Accessed Monday, March 5, 2007
- ^ Susman, Tina Writer's Death Shocks Friends Newsday Feb 22, 2005
- ^ Higgins, Matt THE GONZO KING An interview with Hunter S. Thompson High Times September 2, 2003. Events 363 - Roman Emperor Julian moves from Antioch with an army of 90000 to attack the Sassanid Empire, in a Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 44 BC - Pharaoh Cleopatra VII of Egypt declares her son co-ruler as Ptolemy XV Caesarion. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar.
- ^ Mosely, Matt. "Lisl Released From Tooley Hall" www. lisl. com April 26, 2006
- ^ NORML 2007 Aspen Legal Seminar Afternoon Cookout at Owl Farm. Events 1467 - The miraculous image in Our Lady of Good Counsel appear in Genazzano, Italy. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.
- ^ Far Gone Books Transcript of Hunter S. Thompson Interview
- ^ Bulger, Adam (March, 9, 2004) Interview with Hunter S. Thompson Freezer Box Magazine
- ^ a b O'Regan, Mike. Interview with Hunter S. Thompson, August 2002.
- ^ Fear and Loathing, Campaign 2004, Rolling Stone.
- ^ Ferguson, Euan Hunter Gets Captured By The Frame London Observer February 4th, 2007
- ^ Manifestation.tv
- ^ "As Gonzo in Life as in His Work: Hunter S. Thompson died as he lived." Tuesday, February 22, 2005 - Wall Street Journal, Opinion Journal.
- ^ Premiere - Fuck
- ^ Hunter S. Thompson dead at 67
External links
- Chat with Director Alex Gibney about his documentary "Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson."
- "Shotgun Golf With Bill Murray," Thompson's final column for ESPN.com's Page 2. ESPN, originally an acronym for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, is an American Cable television network dedicated to
- "Audio interview with Thompson's former assistant," Interview for Men's Vogue
- "Fear and Earning," a remembrance by screenwriter and novelist Lucian K. Truscott IV, published in The New York Times, 25 February 2005.
- "Bedtime For Gonzo," A Review of Thompson's 2003 Autobiography Kingdom Of Fear, by Jack Schafer in The New York Times Book Review, 23 February 2003. The New York Times Book Review is a weekly paper-magazine supplement to The New York Times in which current non-fiction and fiction books are reviewed
- The Doctor Hunter S. Thompson Bulletin Board & All-Nite Shooting Range - The Doctor Hunter S. Thompson Bulletin Board & All-Nite Shooting Range"
- "All Aboard The Hell-Bound Train: An Interview With Hunter S. Thompson Claimed as Thompson's Final Interview. By Jess Hopsicker, from The College Crier.
- Hunter S. Thompson at the Internet Movie Database
- A collection of articles on Thompson from The Guardian
- Excerpt from "Hunter: The Strange and Savage Live Of Hunter S. Thompson, by E. Jean Carroll, first published in Esquire Magazine, February, 1993
- Article about the funeral with photo of memorial tower
- Promo site for Starz Documentary Buy The Ticket, Take The Ride - Hunter S. Esquire is a Men's magazine by the Hearst Corporation with a strong literary tradition Thompson on Film
- Hunter S. Thompson: The Crazy Never Die, 1988 documentary by the Mitchell brothers
- '"Blasted!!! The Gonzo Patriots of Hunter S. Thompson", 2006 documentary
- '"Totally Gonzo - Your Daily Dose of Gonzo News"', 2008 fansite
- Hunter S. Thompson Shrine on Snowmass Mountain in Colorado
Legacy and obituaries
- "Death Of A Comic," An essay critical of Thompson by William F. Buckley, Jr. in The National Review, 1 March, 2005. William Frank Buckley Jr ( November 24 1925 – February 27 2008) was an American Author and conservative National Review ( NR) is a biweekly Magazine and Web site, founded by the late author William F
- "A Tribute to The Great Gonzo Gonzo," Seattle Times. by Michael A. Stusser, 24 February, 2005.
- "Gonzo Nights," an essay by Rich Cohen, a contributing editor for Rolling Stone published in The New York Times, 17 April, 2005. Rolling Stone is a United States -based Magazine devoted to Music, Politics, and Popular culture that is published
- "Going, Going, Gonzo" A remembrance by journalist Arik Hesseldahl from the Summer 2005 issue of Oregon Quarterly recalling a February, 1991 lecture by Thompson at the University of Oregon. Arik Hesseldahl (born in 1970 is an American Journalist currently working as a senior technology writer for BusinessWeek, a position he's had since 2005 The University of Oregon (UO is a public, Coeducational Research university in Eugene Oregon, United States.
- "Gonzo In His Life As In His Work," A Tribute to Thompson by Tom Wolfe in The Wall Street Journal, 22 February 2005. Thomas Kennerly Wolfe Jr (born March 2, 1931 in Richmond, Virginia) known as Tom Wolfe, is a Best-selling
- Owl Farm Blog- Anita Thompson's blog dealing with her late husband's legacy
- Gonzo Store- Operated by the family of Hunter Thompson; profits go to protect and preserve Thompson's home at Owl Farm.
- "Hunter Thompson: The Minuteman Of The Rockies," Tribute to Thompson by Christopher Hitchens in Slate, 22 February 2005. Christopher Eric Hitchens (born April 13, 1949) is a British Author, Journalist, Literary critic and American Slate is a fine-grained foliated homogeneous, Metamorphic rock derived from an original Shale -type Sedimentary rock composed of Clay
- "Hunter's Fear," A Eulogy To Thompson by D.A. Blyler from The Raw Story. DA (David Alan Blyler (born July 13, 1967) is the Author of the Expatriate Novel Steffi’s Club (BurnhillWolf The Raw Story is a news and politics Weblog founded in 2004 Updated continuously it is known primarily for its investigative reporting though critics accuse it
- "Hunter S. Thompson's Counselor," Thompson's Final "Counselor" by D.A. Blyler in The Raw Story. DA (David Alan Blyler (born July 13, 1967) is the Author of the Expatriate Novel Steffi’s Club (BurnhillWolf The Raw Story is a news and politics Weblog founded in 2004 Updated continuously it is known primarily for its investigative reporting though critics accuse it
- "Odi et Amo in Aspen," A Gonzo-style obituary by Kit Boyes on the BBC Web site H2G2, 10 June 2005. h2g2 is a collaborative online encyclopedia project engaged in the construction of in its own words "an unconventional guide to life the universe and everything"
- A Hero of Our Time: Hunter S. Thompson 1937-2005 Obituary from Moscow alternative newspaper The eXile written by John Dolan
Source material
| Persondata | |
|---|---|
| NAME | Thompson, Hunter Stockton |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | American journalist and author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 18, 1937 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Louisville, Kentucky, United States |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 20, 2005 |
| PLACE OF DEATH | Woody Creek, Colorado, United States |
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