Hunter S. Thompson Commits Suicide

404Error · 02-21-2005, 05:38 AM

From today's
NY Times. Truely sad.

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Hunter S. Thompson, the maverick journalist and author whose savage chronicling of the underbelly of American life and politics embodied a new kind of nonfiction writing he called "gonzo journalism," died yesterday in Colorado. Tricia Louthis, of the Pitkin County Sheriff's Office, said Mr. Thompson had died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound at his home in Woody Creek, Colo., yesterday afternoon. He was 65.

Troubleshooter · 02-21-2005, 08:14 AM

Does anyone know why he did it?

Trilby · 02-21-2005, 11:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Troubleshooter

Does anyone know why he did it?

Maybe he was in unbelievable pain. Psychic or physical or both. A lot of suicides are really angry, too. It's the best way to say "screw you" to someone. Not the smartest way, but certainly the most effective.

Troubleshooter · 02-21-2005, 12:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Brianna

It's the best way to say "screw you" to someone.

Right...

This time next week he'll be forgotten the same as just about everybody else.

jaguar · 02-21-2005, 12:23 PM

doubt it.

richlevy · 02-21-2005, 01:26 PM

Well, he certainly wasn't happy about the way the country was going.

I can't blame him for that, but killing yourself is a little extreme.

Troubleshooter · 02-21-2005, 01:28 PM

That's what I'm saying.

I fully respect a person's right to snuff themselves, but did he have a reason?

jaguar · 02-21-2005, 01:42 PM

The man woke up, snorted coke and smoked a joint. He was famous for violent mood swings. Like a lot of brilliant people he danced all over the edge, particularly considering the impressive substance abuse it was a matter of time. If I was half as capable as Thompson of nailing shit perfectly so often and with such flair and so unable to do something major about it I'd have blown my brains out by now too.

Trilby · 02-21-2005, 02:04 PM

Was he bipolar? His talent has Kinda that ol' bipolar ring to it. Anyone know?

xoxoxoBruce · 02-21-2005, 05:30 PM

With all the rich, powerful enemies he had I wouldn't be surprised if he was murdered.

Schrodinger's Cat · 02-22-2005, 12:04 AM

I think it was a delayed grief response to the death of one of his peacocks last summer. Apparently, a fox or something got it. My sister was up in Aspen for the summer and had rented a condo in the vicinity of Mr. Thompson's residence. She jogs every morning and one day she came across the remains of one of Mr. Thompson's birds on the jogging trail that passes near the edge of the former Mr. Thompson's digs. She told her son (my nephew) about it, and the kid went down there and grabbed the dead bird and plucked every feather he could that was still in reasonable shape. No doubt my nephew will soon be offering these priceless momentos for sale on e-bay!

DanaC · 02-22-2005, 10:29 AM

Terribly sad. A great loss

chainsaw · 02-22-2005, 10:47 AM

"A drug person can learn to handle such things as seeing their dead grandmother crawling up their leg with a knife in her teeth. But no one should be asked to deal with this trip."

jaguar · 02-22-2005, 10:54 AM

seems more fitting

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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.

Troubleshooter · 02-22-2005, 11:18 AM

Anybody come up with an excuse for him yet?

02-21-2005, 08:14 AM	#2
Troubleshooter The urban Jane Goodall Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Florida Posts: 3,012	Does anyone know why he did it? __________________ I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law. - Aristotle

02-21-2005, 12:23 PM	#5
jaguar whig Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 5,075	doubt it. __________________ Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. - Twain

02-21-2005, 01:26 PM	#6
richlevy King Of Wishful Thinking Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Philadelphia Suburbs Posts: 6,669	Well, he certainly wasn't happy about the way the country was going. I can't blame him for that, but killing yourself is a little extreme. __________________ Exercise your rights and remember your obligations - VOTE! I have always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us so long as we have the courage to keep reaching, to keep working, to keep fighting. -- Barack Hussein Obama

02-21-2005, 01:28 PM	#7
Troubleshooter The urban Jane Goodall Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Florida Posts: 3,012	That's what I'm saying. I fully respect a person's right to snuff themselves, but did he have a reason? __________________ I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law. - Aristotle

02-21-2005, 01:42 PM	#8
jaguar whig Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 5,075	The man woke up, snorted coke and smoked a joint. He was famous for violent mood swings. Like a lot of brilliant people he danced all over the edge, particularly considering the impressive substance abuse it was a matter of time. If I was half as capable as Thompson of nailing shit perfectly so often and with such flair and so unable to do something major about it I'd have blown my brains out by now too. __________________ Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. - Twain

02-21-2005, 02:04 PM	#9
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	Was he bipolar? His talent has Kinda that ol' bipolar ring to it. Anyone know? __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

02-21-2005, 05:30 PM	#10
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	With all the rich, powerful enemies he had I wouldn't be surprised if he was murdered. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

02-22-2005, 12:04 AM	#11
Schrodinger's Cat Macavity Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: A Black Box Posts: 157	I think it was a delayed grief response to the death of one of his peacocks last summer. Apparently, a fox or something got it. My sister was up in Aspen for the summer and had rented a condo in the vicinity of Mr. Thompson's residence. She jogs every morning and one day she came across the remains of one of Mr. Thompson's birds on the jogging trail that passes near the edge of the former Mr. Thompson's digs. She told her son (my nephew) about it, and the kid went down there and grabbed the dead bird and plucked every feather he could that was still in reasonable shape. No doubt my nephew will soon be offering these priceless momentos for sale on e-bay! __________________ Macavity, Macavity, there's no on like Macavity, He's broken every human law, he breaks the law of gravity. - T.S. Eliot, Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats

02-22-2005, 10:29 AM	#12
DanaC We have to go back, Kate! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 25,964	Terribly sad. A great loss

02-22-2005, 10:47 AM	#13
chainsaw Wingnahningning... Er somethin' Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: 90802 Posts: 368	"A drug person can learn to handle such things as seeing their dead grandmother crawling up their leg with a knife in her teeth. But no one should be asked to deal with this trip." __________________ I have no life, so I watch movies.

02-22-2005, 11:18 AM	#15
Troubleshooter The urban Jane Goodall Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Florida Posts: 3,012	Anybody come up with an excuse for him yet? __________________ I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law. - Aristotle

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