RIP Hunter S. Thompson

[shemp]

is from Generation of Swine, "The Geek from Coral Gables." He makes fun of news coverage of hurricanes. I've reread it several times over the years.

[tdarko]

yeah marriage and all but i guess we have seen too many super talented artists (musicians, authors, actors/actresses) destroy themselves that i almost expect it. still sad but his work will live on.

[A_C_Slater]

"He was an old, sick, and very troubled man, and the illusion of peace and contentment was not enough for him-not even when his friends came up from Cuba and played bullfight with him in the Tram. So finally, and for what he must of thought the best of reasons, he ended it with a shotgun." --- Hunter S. Thompson reporting on the suicide of Hemingway.

[wonderwes]

This is truely a sad day. He was one of my favorite writers.

[jokerthief]

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Man, that's upsetting. Never realised he was a depressive.

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Try living like him for even six months, only then will you understand how much of an ironman he must have been to make it 67 years. Walking that line invariably leads one to the singularity of despair.

One more beer will increase the cheer of laughing shadows armed with fear. Smoke em if you got em and see the haze creep deep within your layered maze. Night falls always as confusion clouds the hallways of a mind lost in time, entropy there to drop the dime (always the Reaper's tattle) you will not win this battle.

Upsetting indeed. [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

[wonderwes]

I am going to make sure I rewatch Fear and Loathing (like I ever need a reason to) to pay tribute to Thompson.

[MelK]

What a moron!

So his phone number goes public on Paris Hilton's address book and he decides to steal Heminway's claim to fame.

Loser!

[bukkrukk]

Sad,sad,sad...

Loved the stuff on ESPN page2.

[2planka]

Just heard this on the news.... real shame.

Raul Duke is gonzo.

[Transference]

Damn tragedy, but you somehow felt this was the way he was gonna go.

I'll raise a glass in tribute tonight.

Also, if anyones up for it post your favorite excerpts/quotes.