Hunter S. Thompson killed himself on Sunday. May God have mercy on him.
Kyrie Eleison
February 23, 2005 by at 5:27 am
Hunter S. Thompson killed himself on Sunday. May God have mercy on him.
Hunter S. Thompson killed himself on Sunday. May God have mercy on him.
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A personal hero of mine. The greatest pure wordsmith of his generation who tragically believed his own myth.
I like that he was friends with Patrick Buchanan. And that he once typed out The Great Gatsby as a literary exercise. And if SK is right about comedy being the incognito of faith, then he had that in spades, too.
He had a tremendous influence on modern letters. Look at writers like P.J. O’Rourke, David Sedaris and Randall Sullivan; the journalist as subject. More significant is how he influenced the voice of modern literature.
He put the ear in fear and the oat in loathing.
It pisses me off that he offed himself. I thought he had more grit and grace than that. Look at the pope. Now there’s courage for you — keeping on keeping on.
Amen.
Regardless of divorce and health problems, he should have hung on being his ornery self. Only, more ornery, throwing colastomy bags at Airline Attendents etc.