Hunter S Thompson’s death to be reviewed 20 years on

BBC – Madeline Halpert – Hunter S Thompson’s death to be reviewed 20 years on

Phil has a question:

Why?

Thompson had one final wish. In August 2005, more than 200 friends, including Wenner, Jack Nicholson, John Kerry and Johnny Depp, gathered at Thompson’s Colorado home, where his ashes were shot out of a 153-foot cannon under a full moon. In March 2005, Thompson appeared on the cover of the magazine, with remembrances from Depp, George McGovern and Thompson’s son, Juan, among others. Included was a letter Thompson wrote to Wenner in 1998, recalling his early days at Rolling Stone: “My central memory of that time is that everything we were doing seemed to work. . . . Buy the ticket, take the ride. Like an amusement park. … Thanx for the rush.”

Rolling Stone – Patrick Doyle – How Hunter S. Thompson Became a Legend

Mrs. Robinson

America… just a nation of two hundred million used car salesmen with all the money we need to buy guns and no qualms about killing anybody else in the world who tries to make us uncomfortable. 

Hunter S. Thompson

The Kentucky Derby is Decadent and Depraved

Yes sir, I am a tortured man for all seasons, as they say, and I have powerful friends in high places. Birds sing where I walk, and children smile when they see me coming. 

Hunter S. Thompson

Man Who Sold The World

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Phil M. Stockmen