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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]
However, the photograph of Thompson and Acosta had not been previously published; as a result, it entered the public domain with its publication on the dust jacket. Only the portion of the photo published on the dust jacket is public domain, and the other portions of the full photo presumably remain under copyright.
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 ...
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 ...
The film pairs Thompson with illustrator Ralph Steadman, as they travel to Hollywood via Death Valley and Barstow from Las Vegas. [1] It also includes scenes of Thompson's home, Owl Farm in Aspen, Colorado, and contains interviews with Thompson and Steadman, as well as some short excerpts from Thompson's writings and displays some of Steadman's ...
Thompson appeared to live somewhat modestly relative to the $10.2 million he received in compensation last year, in a combination of cash and stock grants, Securities and Exchange Commission ...
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).