chuckwoww Posted February 22, 2005 Report Share Posted February 22, 2005 Yes. The media these days are pathetic. The only people taking chances are a few bloggers. But Thompson was a product of the sixties. Sort of a rare moment in history that changed everything. Maybe that was his problem....he couldn't keep repeating his first crazy years. Or maybe rebellion's no fun anymore. I've got nothing against people killing themselves if life is too much to bear but seems to me he could have been more original about it. Stand on a box of dynamite or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuckwoww Posted February 23, 2005 Report Share Posted February 23, 2005 Nice piece of writing from the Guardian.... "Somewhere along the line, it seems, Thompson became tired. His work got repetitive, it sometimes descended into self-parody, and he admitted that he no longer enjoyed it. "I suspect writing is a bit like fucking," he wrote, "which is only fun for amateurs. Old whores don't do much giggling."" http://tinyurl.com/5dzxv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sayjann Posted February 24, 2005 Report Share Posted February 24, 2005 'it seems that the first decade of the new century is proving to be the swansong for the icons of the old' not a truer word said Artiew. Sandra Dee died on the same Day......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nervous_Dog Posted February 24, 2005 Report Share Posted February 24, 2005 I missed that, now she was cute! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuckwoww Posted February 25, 2005 Report Share Posted February 25, 2005 Looks like he'll go out with another bang... Cannon send-off plan for Thompson The writer had been suffering a series of health problems The family and friends of cult US writer Hunter S Thompson plan to honour his wish for his ashes to be fired out of a cannon. The author, who committed suicide on Sunday aged 67, said on several occasions that he would like an artillery send-off for his remains. "If that's what he wanted, we'll see if we can pull it off," said friend and historian Douglas Brinkley. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4293625.stm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuckwoww Posted February 26, 2005 Report Share Posted February 26, 2005 Another update. Let me know if this gets boring.... Thompson 'shot himself on phone' Thompson had talked about killing himself, his widow said The widow of US writer Hunter S Thompson has said her husband killed himself while they were speaking to one another on the telephone. Thompson - best-known for his 1972 account of a drug-addled Nevada trip, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas - shot himself on Sunday at his Colorado home. His widow, Anita Thompson, 32, told the Aspen Daily News she heard the "clicking of the gun". http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4298095.stm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krml Posted February 26, 2005 Report Share Posted February 26, 2005 That's nothing. An article talks about how his family and friends were having drinks and conversation around his dead body as it sat in front of his typewriter. Talking about him and toasting him with Chivas Regal!!! www.drudgereport.com http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/state/article/0,1299,DRMN_21_3575306,00.html Some reason it is not highlighting the entire link. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuckwoww Posted February 26, 2005 Report Share Posted February 26, 2005 Good find. I gave it the tinyurl treatment.. http://tinyurl.com/5m95q Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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