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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]
— Hunter S. Thompson, American journalist and author (20 February 2005), in his suicide note, written four days before his death " Logan Ambulance One base turn complete." [ 62 ]
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 ...
Shortly after Thompson's suicide in 2005, Steadman recalled his first impression of Thompson at the Kentucky Derby to the British newspaper The Independent: I had turned around and two fierce eyes, firmly socketed inside a bullet-shaped head, were staring at a strange growth I was nurturing on the end of my chin. "Holy shit!" [Thompson] exclaimed.
Hunter S Thompson stands next to his Link Trainer with a pistol on Oct. 12, 1990, in Aspen, Colo. (Paul Harris / Getty Images) The musical, which spans Thompson's childhood in Kentucky to his ...
Friends and family (including Tom Wolfe and Ralph Steadman) provide interviews to help describe the mythos of Hunter and his life. The film premiered on January 20 in the Documentary Competition at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival ; [ 1 ] it was released in US theaters on July 4, 2008, and released on DVD on November 18, 2008.
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.
Hunter Stockton Thompson (July 18, 1937 – February 20, 2005) was an American journalist and author. He was known for his flamboyant writing style, most notably deployed in his novel Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas , which blurred the distinctions between writer and subject, fiction and nonfiction.