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ASPEN, Colo. - While Hunter S. Thompson's suicide shocked many in his out-of-the-way neighborhood, one of his closest friends said Monday the writer had been in a lot of pain after a broken leg and hip surgery.
I wasn't surprised," said George Stranahan, a former owner of the Woody Creek Tavern, one of Thompson's favorite hangouts. "I never expected Hunter to die in a hospital bed with tubes coming out of him."
Suicide
Originally posted by dnero6911
I do wonder why everyone's busy reporting on his past accomplishments and not asking themselves WHY he committed suicide.. he wasn't an unintelligeable(sp?) person...
LOS ANGELES (AFP) - US author Hunter S. Thompson, who committed suicide last weekend, wanted to exit this world in a style befitting his extraordinary life: being fired from a cannon, a friend revealed.
The larger-than-life writer of "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" stated in his will that he wanted his ashes to be fired out of a cannon following his funeral, plans for which have yet to be announced.
"I believe he wanted to be shot out of a cannon," friend Troy Hooper told AFP.
Cannon
Originally posted by Xatnys
Regardless, I wanted to pay my respects by this post, as well as provide the following link to a 2003 interview that I find interesting in regards to this outcome.
www.democracynow.org.../02/23/164218
Peace to you Mr. Thompson, Those true individuals and free thinkers of many generations share some of their spirit with you.
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Originally posted by soficrow
Originally posted by Xatnys
Regardless, I wanted to pay my respects by this post, as well as provide the following link to a 2003 interview that I find interesting in regards to this outcome.
www.democracynow.org.../02/23/164218
Peace to you Mr. Thompson, Those true individuals and free thinkers of many generations share some of their spirit with you.
X
Thanks Xatnys. Very interesting. Most interesting and even more interesting. ...He basically predicted his own murder by "suicide."
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Originally posted by spliff4020
Originally posted by Jonna
I don't believe it! I never thought he would go out like that.
Funny, but somehow, its exactly how I though he would go. I couldnt see him laying in a hospital bed clinging to some shred of life. He went out on his own terms. The same as he lived....RIP Hunter...