Author Hunter S. Thompson Kills Himself

[normansmeggles]

DENVER - Hunter S. Thompson, the acerbic counterculture writer who popularized a new form of fictional journalism in books like "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas," fatally shot himself Sunday night at his Aspen-area home, his son said. He was 67.

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[moira_can_bite]

whoa...

[yourdirection]

I decided to be a journalist because of hunter s thompson and tom wolf.
its just aweful, but his friends say he was always into doing things differently

[overgrown_waltz]

gabriel dylan, my love. i miss you!
xoxo, your angel.

[rossetto]

thats sad:(

but youre alive, and thats happy! call me soon, gabriel!

♥♥♥ liisa

[gnomewizard]

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/O/OBIT_THOMPSON?SITE=SCBMN&SECTION=HOME

what a loss. we need more people like him.