Hunter S. Thompson Commits Suicide

[gSSEhh]

Yahoo News story (http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=487&ncid=762&e=1&u=/ap/20050221/ap_en_ot/obit_thompson)

R.I.P

[utalking2me]

One less character in Doonesbury.
(Is that strip still around?)

[shaker]

That sucks

RIP

[Ojam]

:cry:

[Headhunter]

Wasn't a fan (hated his work, actually), but this is surprising.

[konfusion666]

Wasn't a fan (hated his work, actually), but this is surprising.

i would say it's "not surprising". i don't know if this was a deliberate suicide or not, but the man was always playing with guns. he shot his secretary/assistant a few years ago while drunk, and target practising on his office door when the woman walked in.

[HowEver]

He Knew Too Much.

[Spike]

i would say it's "not surprising". i don't know if this was a deliberate suicide or not, but the man was always playing with guns. he shot his secretary/assistant a few years ago while drunk, and target practising on his office door when the woman walked in.

Actually, he was trying to shoot at a bear around her house when she unexpectdly came out.

It's rumored that he was developing some degenerative brain disease.

How could anyone "hate" the Duke? :confused:

[afong56]

i have to respect the man, despite the fact he was a horrible role model for anyone to live their life by.

'fear and loathing' was an absolutely hilarious, laugh-out-loud book--so unbelievably different from almost anything else that i've ever read.

the man was intelligent, warped, insightful, twisted, erudite, crass--his writings suggest brilliance, but his demeanour was pure hick.

contradictions to the end. that he chose the time and nature of his leaving this mortal coil is not surprising in the least.

he will be missed.