RIP Hunter S. Thompson

It was apparently a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

I know that this sounds very immature, but as far as I'm concerned Hunter S. Thompson was one of those people -- like Ray Charles and Jaccob Lawrence -- who wasn't supposed to die.

rip......................

Yeah, my buddy was real torn up about it, so I know that we really lost somebody even though I am unfamiliar with his work and life...

http://www.gonzo.org/

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/se...0S.%20Thompson

http://www.livejournal.com/users/metaphorge/713262.html

http://www.home.earthlink.net/~desmoduck/sausage.htm

http://www.livejournal.com/users/lao...on/265139.html


Author Poppy Z. Brite wrote about meeting Thompson last month:

http://www.livejournal.com/users/docbrite/2005/01/10/

- and then writes a tribute here:

http://www.livejournal.com/users/docbrite/197540.html


Johnny Depp played him in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.

Bill Murray portrayed him in Where the Buffalo Roam.

Doonesbury's Uncle Duke was based on him, and he was Warren Ellis' inspiration for the character of Spider Jeruselum from Transmetropolitan.

Fuck. He iced himself? Well, rest in peace Mr. Thompson, I highly enjoyed your writings, but fuck you for doing that.