The self proclaimed creator of gonzo journalism and long time hero of mine, Hunter S. Thompson shot himself yesterday afternoon at his home in Woody Creek, Colo. A nasty way to go, to be sure. One might argue that the myth had no more use for the man; that a gonzo journalist should never reach the age of retirement. Whatever the case, I hope that HST will be remembered for more than just his groundbreaking novel Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. Read his letters or The Great Shark Hunt, and you will come to realize that we have lost one of the most important voices of dissidence that America has ever known.
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