Hunter S. Thompson: DEAD (suicide) [Archive]

ChickenHawk

02-20-2005, 07:29 PM

Author of "Fear & Loathing In Las Vegas", viewed as the voice of a generation, reportedly dead by suicide.

Not really shocking, considering the history of extreme drug use.

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Iamnotatool

02-20-2005, 07:33 PM

Good for him. Crazy way to go for a crazy guy.

Loved his work, but this is probably fitting.

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TheMojoPin

02-20-2005, 07:40 PM

Seeyuh, Uncle Duke.

Now that man LIVED a life.

The obvious books aside, his writings on American politics, especially the '72 election, are spectacular.

He may have been 67 , but that was still too young to go.

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Wormwood

02-20-2005, 07:41 PM

"oh god... did you eat all this acid. you better pray to god there's some fucking thorazine in that bag otherwise your in bad fucking trouble!"

RIP

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BoondockSaint

02-20-2005, 07:45 PM

To use a line Hunter wrote about Timothy Leary:

"He stomped on the terra, and he left his elegant
hoof prints on all our lives."

RIP HST.

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A.J.

02-20-2005, 08:13 PM

I'll miss his columns on ESPN.com.

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PapaBear

02-20-2005, 08:26 PM

No word from the sherrif's office? Think, maybe he's pulling an "Elvis"?

HelghastElite

02-20-2005, 10:48 PM

Fans of awful literature everywhere mourn his passing.

PapaBear

02-20-2005, 11:26 PM

It will be interesting to see if Doonesbury's "Duke" characture will address this. Maybe he'll shoot himself, too.

IamFogHat

02-21-2005, 03:49 AM

Well this is a depressing way to wake up. Don't know how I missed this last night. RIP Hunter.

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torker

02-21-2005, 07:23 AM

I drove slowly, looking for a proper place to sit down with an early morning beer and get my head together...to plot this unnatural retreat.

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BoondockSaint

02-21-2005, 08:47 AM

"San Francisco in the middle '60s was a very special time and place to be a part of. Maybe it meant something. Maybe not, in the long run ...but no explanation, no mix of words or music or memories can touch that sense of knowing that you were there and alive in that comer of time and the world. Whatever it meant."

"And that, I think, was the handle--that sense of inevitable victory over the forces of Old and Evil. Not in any mean or military sense; we didn't need that. Our energy would simply prevail. There was no point in fighting--on our side or theirs. We had all the momentum; we were riding the crest of a high and beautiful wave. So now, less than five years later, you can go up on a steep hill in Las Vegas and look West, and with the right kind of eyes you can almost see the high-water mark--the place where the wave finally broke and rolled back." --Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

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02-21-2005, 09:22 AM

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BoondockSaint

02-21-2005, 10:23 AM

Coward

Because he shot himself?

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02-21-2005, 10:27 AM

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Donnielimes

02-21-2005, 02:02 PM

He predicted the Clinton presidency back in '72. He also predicted the Mrs. Clinton's run at the white house. He was smarter than all of them and pissed off about it. What about the drugs,He did em.He did em all. The drugs, the guns, the paranoia, he at least owned his shit. That kind of stark nakedness, dammitt boy! an american voice silent now as a generation of swine gnaws on his still warm corpse.

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furie

02-21-2005, 02:14 PM

Because he shot himself?

yes

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Bulldogcakes

02-21-2005, 03:15 PM

He was smarter than all of them and pissed off about it.

Smarter? Pissed off, yes. I used to regularly read his Rolling Stone atricles. He used to amaze me that he could write three pages and not have a point, or much in the way of facts. Style over substance. He was a talented novelist to be sure, but his Political commentary wasn't worth shit. And his predictions in his columns were consistently wrong.

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02-21-2005, 03:38 PM

furie

02-21-2005, 03:42 PM

Actually, it takes a lot of courage to take yourself out - paint the ceiling red as the boys say.

prove it

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02-21-2005, 03:52 PM

OOOOOOH....you showed me. I can't compete with a computer nerd.

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ChickenHawk

02-21-2005, 04:22 PM

I am willing to bet he didn't even kill himself on purpose. There wasn't a DAY in this guy's life where he was sober. He probably ate a fucking assload of shrooms and thought his gun was a hotdog. That would explain why he didn't leave a note.

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Death Metal Moe

02-21-2005, 04:42 PM

I HATE when someone is called "The voice of a generation." Who says?

People try to say Eminem is the voice of my generation, and I want to vomit. I listen to some of his stuff because he's entertaining me, but he does NOT stand for anything I believe in.

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BoondockSaint

02-21-2005, 05:16 PM

I am willing to bet he didn't even kill himself on purpose. There wasn't a DAY in this guy's life where he was sober. He probably ate a fucking assload of shrooms and thought his gun was a hotdog. That would explain why he didn't leave a note.

How do you know there wasn't a day in his life where he was sober? Do you believe everything you read? How do you know he didn't leave a note? Do you know something no one besides his family knows?

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ChickenHawk

02-21-2005, 05:20 PM

I've heard and read since last night that there was no note. And it's not a secret that the guy was notorious for heavy drug use. And yes, I believe everything I read.

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Donnielimes

02-21-2005, 05:23 PM

A voice not "the" voice. Sad shit is they say Eminem IS the voice of your generation.

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Death Metal Moe

02-21-2005, 05:24 PM

Actually, it takes a lot of courage to take yourself out - paint the ceiling red as the boys say. The real cowards are the ones that stay here and put up with the mendacity - and vote Republican.

The real cowards act sanctimonious and say thank you in public to the men and women who come back from this illegal and immoral "undertaking".

The real cowards hide behind patriotic bumper stickers with eagles on them and pretend to know better.

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BoondockSaint

02-21-2005, 05:31 PM

I've heard and read since last night that there was no note. And it's not a secret that the guy was notorious for heavy drug use. And yes, I believe everything I read.

Can you link to where it says there was no note? So do you believe him when he said that his drug use was blown out of proportion or he would have been dead a long time ago?

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Death Metal Moe

02-21-2005, 05:34 PM

Who cares? He's dead. Either enjoy his writing and feel bad, or go about your lives.

You're gonna argue about this?

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ChickenHawk

02-21-2005, 05:37 PM

Death Metal Moe

02-21-2005, 05:40 PM

You're gonna argue about this?
Nope.

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BoondockSaint

02-21-2005, 05:44 PM

I didn't think we were arguing in the first place. I am obviously a big fan and and want to know as much as I can. I hope you took no offense Hawk.

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Kevin

02-21-2005, 05:46 PM

The first time i have ever heard about him was in this thread.

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sighborgh

02-21-2005, 06:11 PM

Author of "Fear & Loathing In Las Vegas", viewed as the voice of a generation, reportedly dead by suicide.

Not really shocking, considering the history of extreme drug use.

Sick of this attitude. First of all, he has said himself that a lot of his "drug use" was made up. But unless you've actually read all of his stuff, you wouldn't know that. Two, there is nothing fitting about this. He was the last voice that could've spoken honestly and unafraid about everything that's going down while we are ruled by the neo-con death cult. Considering how this man ate life with both hands, this whole thing is actually quite bizarre. not fitting.

badorties

02-21-2005, 06:23 PM

People try to say Eminem is the voice of my generation, and I want to vomit. I listen to some of his stuff because he's entertaining me, but he does NOT stand for anything I believe in.

ha ... ha ...

at least i had cobain to be the appointed voice for my generation ...

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ChickenHawk

02-21-2005, 06:28 PM

I personally feel that the voice of MY generation is none other than...

You guessed it:

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02-21-2005, 06:29 PM

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02-21-2005, 06:34 PM

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furie

02-22-2005, 10:22 AM

I can't compete with a computer nerd.

who? ME?!?

AHAHAHAHA! Are you way off!

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East Side Dave

02-22-2005, 01:30 PM

Hunter was a great writer despite what any of you degenerates say! Rest in peace, Doctor!!

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furie

02-22-2005, 01:32 PM

i'm not detracting from his writing, i was just commenting on his suicide, and suicide in general.

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Iamnotatool

02-22-2005, 01:35 PM

Evidently he was with his son and his son's wife and boy. He had just finished telling his son that when he died he wanted his ashes shot out of a cannon or some shit, then went in to another room and killed himself.

He's been in tons of pain lately, even more than his endless supply of booze and pks could withstand, even keeping him wheelchair bound for much of the last week.

It's in the Daily news I believe, amongst other sources.

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02-22-2005, 01:39 PM

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East Side Dave

02-22-2005, 01:49 PM

i'm not detracting from his writing, i was just commenting on his suicide

Oh, I know. I was just adding my own fondness for his work. And if any of you are fans the "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" Criterion Collection DVD is worth getting just for the 50-minute BBC documentary on Thompson in 1979 alone. It's awesome! Now I'm off to commemorate Hunter with several jack and cokes, a midget, and some duct tape by my side! Au voir!

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sighborgh

02-22-2005, 02:18 PM

Evidently he was with his son and his son's wife and boy. He had just finished telling his son that when he died he wanted his ashes shot out of a cannon or some shit, then went in to another room and killed himself.

He's been in tons of pain lately, even more than his endless supply of booze and pks could withstand, even keeping him wheelchair bound for much of the last week.

It's in the Daily news I believe, amongst other sources.

Everything I read says that his wife was out and his son and grandson were nowhere near the place. You really think he'd do it in the next room? The guy had SOME class. gimme a break. fuckin' Daily News...feh! I didn't hear that he was in any pain. What from? If they don't say then it was probably bullshit.

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Hottub

02-22-2005, 02:23 PM

who? ME?!?

AHAHAHAHA! Are you way off!

It's true. Furie is not a computer nerd.
He doesn't even have a computer.
He has a Mac, which is similar to a computer, only it sucks!

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TheMojoPin

02-22-2005, 02:32 PM

He had been in a lot of pain these last few years, as some have said. Several hip surgeries, and even one on his spine. He had trouble walking without a cane, and really going distances, and supposedly that really weighed on him and made him miserable.

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Iamnotatool

02-22-2005, 02:42 PM

Everything I read says that his wife was out and his son and grandson were nowhere near the place. You really think he'd do it in the next room? The guy had SOME class. gimme a break. fuckin' Daily News...feh! I didn't hear that he was in any pain. What from? If they don't say then it was probably bullshit.

Everything you read was wrong, and you wasted your time.

Yes his wife was out, I never said she was home.

As for the rest, noone seemed greatly suprised by what he did.

Read Mojo's post above. He'll always show you the way.

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Exit-60

02-22-2005, 03:55 PM

My apologies buddies - it was just the booze and the drugs talkin'.

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I only WISH I could be a computer nerd...now what's this HOST thingee?

TheMojoPin

02-22-2005, 05:42 PM

Here's a revealing old quote from the man himself...

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Warren Ellis is a writer who did a now-finished comic series called "Transmetropolitan" where the main character was clearly based on Hunter, and he wrote an interesting op-ed piece on Thompson's suicide. (http://www.warrenellis.com/index.php?p=375)

I read an article a few years ago, that I haven't seen cited in the obituaries yet, wherein it's stated that Thompson's body was pretty much packing up on him. His stomach was having problems with toxic substances like, um, food, and his diet was mostly liquid, mashed avocado and yoghurt. He'd spent time in a wheelchair in recent years. His drug use had always been exaggerated for comedic effect, but, at 67, he'd been hammering his body in a committed way for some 50 years. And, at 67, you don't grow back the bits you killed. There's a fair chance he was looking at years of dependency, chronic illness, and listening to his own body die by inches. Anyone would find that frightening.

Hunter Thompson waited until his young wife left the house, and then shot himself in the head with a pistol. He must have been quite aware that either she, or his son, there in the house with his grandson, would find his corpse. Dead bodies don't lay neatly. They splay, spastic and awful. There is often shit.

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02-24-2005, 03:40 AM

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ChickenHawk

02-25-2005, 10:34 AM

Here's some sick shit I just read. (http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/state/article/0,1299,DRMN_21_3575306,00.html)

The guy shot himself in the face! There's no way this was peaceful and beautiful... There must have been skull fragments on the wall, as he sat in his chair with half-a-face and blood pouring from his head. It's impossible that this was a nice little gathering, as his 32-year old derranged wife tried to describe it.

Also, note that Hunter Thompson was 67... making his wife literally less than half his age. So when he was 32... she still didn't EXIST. When he was 40, she was 5. Kinda sick if you think about it.

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TheMojoPin

02-25-2005, 10:50 AM

He put the gun in his mouth.

Granted, it's usually messy, but that typically won't damage the face.

But he was deft with his death. "He did not destroy his face," Anita Thompson says. "He did it in his mouth. His face was beautiful. It was quick. It was not grisly or gruesome by any means. That's probably why he took that gun. He spared us a gruesome scene."

And who the hell kills themselves by shooting themself in the face?

Besides, the article didn't say wheen the family gathering took place. It ultimately sounds like it happened right before his cremated, so odds are the funeral home had already done its work on the body. It's a different kind of wake, but hey, he was a different kind of man.

Lighten up, Francis. Unclench every once in a while.

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ChickenHawk

02-25-2005, 10:52 AM

I don't care HOW he died... Having a drink with a corpse is FUCKED, sir.

No way around that one.

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ChickenHawk

02-25-2005, 10:55 AM

Oh, and also...

Besides, the article didn't say wheen the family gathering took place. It ultimately sounds like it happened right before his cremated, so odds are the funeral home had already done its work on the body.

...first paragraph of the article...
The literary champ was sitting in his command post kitchen chair, a piece of blank paper in his favorite typewriter, dead of a self-inflicted gunshot through the mouth hours earlier.

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TheMojoPin

02-25-2005, 10:57 AM

Square.

A classic Irish wake is basically a huge party where the corpse must be in the room. One last big send-off for the dearly departed.

Best wake was on an episode of "The Wire." One of the detectives passed on, so they held the wake at his favorite pub, and the body was layed out on a pool table for the night while everyone drank and sang and had a blast.

When I gotta go, I'd rather have something like that. Give my useless corpse a hooplah before it's chucked into the furnace.

Hey, and "hours" is anywhere from 2 to 23 hours. Lot could happen bteween then. Odds are the body had been tended to before the gathering. If not, oh well. De-wad those panties, boy.

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ChickenHawk

02-25-2005, 11:01 AM

I'm not wearing panties.

And talking to corpses is for crazy people.

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TheMojoPin

02-25-2005, 11:06 AM

You've NEVER been to a funeral or a wake before?

Most people typically observe the corpse in some way and say something to it...prayers, farewells, whatever...people ALWAYS talk to dead bodies.

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ChickenHawk

02-25-2005, 11:10 AM

Of course I've been to funerals and wakes. I've seen people say final words to dead bodies...

But they've never thrown together a dinner party for one.

But enough of this....

WHO WANTS TO PLAY POOL?!

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TheMojoPin

02-25-2005, 11:36 AM

Jesus Christ, they sat him in a chair and had a drink. Quit freaking out, spaz.

Again, read up on an Irish wake. That literally IS a dinner party with a corpse. It's not unheard of.

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wilee

02-25-2005, 12:56 PM

Well I ain't afraid of die'n,It's the though of being dead
I wanna go on being me once my eulogys been read
Don't spread my ashes out to sea, don't lay me down to rest
You can put my mind to ease if you fill my last request
Prop me up beside the jukebox when I die
Lord I wanna go to heaven but I don't wanna go tonight
Fill my boots up with sand, put a stiff drink in my hand
prop me up beside the jukebox when I die
Just make your next selection and while your still iin line
You can pay you last respects one quarter at a time
Prop me up beside the jukebox when I die
Lord I wanna go to heaven but I don't wanna go tonight
fill my boots up with sand put a stiff drink in my hand
prop me up beside the jukebox when I die
Oh prop me up beside the jukebox when I die

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sighborgh

02-25-2005, 03:15 PM

I don't care HOW he died... Having a drink with a corpse is FUCKED, sir.

No way around that one.

I've read all of your posts on this topic and you really don't understand the guy. He was operating on a different level. You're one of those people who, when he doesn't understand the way another person lives(or dies), you decide it's wrong. Now you'll say well, I can think what I want or some other stupid shit and really....who cares. I feel there is much in this world you don't understand and I bet it scares the hell out of you. In fact I know it does. Now go ahead, surprise me and say something I don't already know you're gonna say.

HelghastElite

02-25-2005, 03:17 PM

And who the hell kills themselves by shooting themself in the face?

A REAL man.

I don't know, I can't get worked up for this guy offing himself. Never really cared for his writing, and though I understand why a lot of people were so fond of his writing (if not the man himself), I can't work myself up to sucking his cock retroactively now that he's dead.

Bulldogcakes

02-25-2005, 04:59 PM

I have Irish relatives. The way they explain the Irish wake is like this. Life is difficult, miserable drudgery. When someone dies they're in a better place, so you celebrate. Sort of like you'd do if a buddy of yours got out of prison.

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PapaBear

02-25-2005, 05:12 PM

His wife said on the news yesterday, that he did it while she was on the phone with him. He said something about wanting to come over for some editing, then he laid the phone down, and she heard the click of the gun and a muffled bang.

A.J.

02-25-2005, 08:21 PM

A classic Irish wake is basically a huge party where the corpse must be in the room. One last big send-off for the dearly departed.

Exactly -- because he/she "would have wanted it that way."

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LiquidCourage

03-01-2005, 09:16 PM

I have almost every one of his books. I've never seen anyone so obsessed with Richard Nixon. His one book is dedicated to him. He also never stops talking about his "historic 1970 run for sherriff in Aspen, CO on the Freak Power ticket."

What a great writer.

BoondockSaint

03-14-2005, 03:43 PM

If you are a fan of Hunter's, pick up the new Rolling Stone with him on the cover. It has tons of stories about Hunter in it.

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PapaBear

03-14-2005, 04:21 PM

And read all of last week's Doonesbury strips. They were all about Uncle Duke dealing w/ Thompson's death.

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Furtherman

02-12-2010, 12:33 PM

Awesome.

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