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Thompson was born into a middle-class family in Louisville, Kentucky, the first of three sons of Virginia Davison Ray (1908, Springfield, Kentucky – March 20, 1998, Louisville), who worked as head librarian at the Louisville Free Public Library and Jack Robert Thompson (September 4, 1893, Horse Cave, Kentucky – July 3, 1952, Louisville), a public insurance adjuster and World War I veteran. [6]
English: Photo portrait of Hunter S. Thompson and Oscar Zeta Acosta in the Baccarat Lounge of Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada. Date English: Photo taken circa March–April 1971.
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream is a 1971 novel in the gonzo journalism style by Hunter S. Thompson.The book is a roman à clef, rooted in autobiographical incidents.
Don Johnson and gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson enjoyed a surprising friendship for nearly three decades until Thompson's death by suicide in 2005. "I loved him," the actor tells PEOPLE of the ...
English: Originally published on the back of the dust jacket for the 1972 first edition of Thompson's novel Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, published by Random House.Scan via Hakes Auctions (original jpg).
The musical, which spans Thompson's childhood in Kentucky to his death in Colorado, tracks the creation of his mythologized image through his best-known works — "Hell's Angels," "The Kentucky ...
Hunter S. Thompson‘s widow, Anita Thompson, posted a photo on Facebook with a heartfelt letter about a time the Hefner helped her after her husband’s suicide left her with very little money.
Fear and Loathing on the Road to Hollywood, also known as Fear and Loathing in Gonzovision, is a documentary film produced by BBC Omnibus in 1978 on the subject of Hunter S. Thompson, directed by Nigel Finch. The film pairs Thompson with illustrator Ralph Steadman, as they travel to Hollywood via Death Valley and Barstow from Las Vegas. [1]