RIP Hunter S. Thompson

ilya · #1 02-21-2005, 01:10 AM

HST has killed himself.

bear187 · #2 02-21-2005, 01:11 AM

Who? Sorry I'm new.

MicroBob · #3 02-21-2005, 01:13 AM

He's a famous writer (Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas...which became a movie starring Johnny Depp....also Bill murray played him in a different movie).

Is this for real? where did you see this?

ilya · #4 02-21-2005, 01:16 AM

Bang Bang

AngryCola · #5 02-21-2005, 01:16 AM

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He's a famous writer (Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas...which became a movie starring Johnny Depp....also Bill murray played him in a different movie).

Is this for real? where did you see this?

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It's very sad, and quite odd.

I'm sure there are many places to read this story, but here's one link.

Link

nolanfan34 · #6 02-21-2005, 01:17 AM

IIRC, he just got married last year or so. Sounded very happy in his ESPN Page 2 columns at that time.

Sad news.

astroglide · #7 02-21-2005, 01:19 AM

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...2005Feb20.html

tdarko · #8 02-21-2005, 01:28 AM

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It's very sad, and quite odd.

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yes incredibly sad but IMO not that odd.
he was incredibly talented and will be missed. [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

Zeno · #9 02-21-2005, 01:29 AM

I just read this and was going to post a link.

This is, to me at least, not that much of a surprise.

I have many of his books and enjoyed most of his writings. I also have a biography about him written by Peter O. Whitmer, called When The Going Gets Weird.

-Zeno

I'll post more later if I have time.

jar · #10 02-21-2005, 01:50 AM

OK, that's downright scary. I just watched the first 20 minutes of the Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas movie, and decided I wasn't in the mood for it after all. I check 2+2 and this is the first thread I see.