RIP Hunter S. Thompson

[byrdie]

It was apparently a self-inflicted gunshot wound. (http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=518062)

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.

[justafan]

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...

[byrdie]

http://www.gonzo.org/

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/index=books&field-author=Hunter%20S.%20Thompson

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

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

http://www.livejournal.com/users/laotzuribbon/265139.html


Author Poppy Z. Brite (http://www.poppyzbrite.com/) 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 (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120669/).

Bill Murray portrayed him in Where the Buffalo Roam (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081748/).

Doonesbury's Uncle Duke (http://www.doonesbury.com/strip/thecast/duke.html) was based on him, and he was Warren Ellis' inspiration for the character of Spider Jeruselum from Transmetropolitan (http://www.transmetropolitan.com/gimme.html).

[DJ Detroit Butcher]

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