'It never got weird enough for me' a poster from Thompson's campaign to be sheriff of Aspen, Colorado.
"Hunter's life, like his work, was one long barbaric yawp...it was Hunter Thompson, whom I would nominate as the century's greatest comic writer in the English language."
'As Gonzo in Life as in His Work', Tom Wolfe, 2005.Who? ~ Hunter Stockton Thompson
"The Edge ... there is no honest way to explain it because the only people who really know where it is are the ones who have gone over."
Born July 18, 1937.
Hunter was an American journalist and author.
He was the creator of Gonzo journalism, a writing style that blurs the distinctions between author and subject, fiction and nonfiction.
Notable Publications
Written around 1961 The Rum Diary was eventually published in 1998
Hells Angels: The Strange and Terrible Saga of the Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs (published 1966)
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (published 1971)
Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72 (published 1973)
The Curse of Lono (published 1983)
The Fear and Loathing Letters, Vol. 1: The Proud Highway: The Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman 1955–1967 (published 1997)
Fear and Loathing in America: The Brutal Odyssey of an Outlaw Journalist 1968–1976 (published 2001)
Kingdom of Fear: Loathsome Secrets of a Star-Crossed Child in the Final Days of the American Century (published 2003)
Died February 20, 2005.
He committed suicide, in a manner reminiscent of that of one of his inspirations Ernest Hemingway.
His suicide note read:
"Football Season Is Over"
"No More Games. No More Bombs. No More Walking. No More Fun. No More Swimming. 67. That is 17 years past 50. 17 more than I needed or wanted. Boring. I am always bitchy. No Fun — for anybody. 67. You are getting Greedy. Act your old age. Relax — This won't hurt"
"For every moment of triumph, for every instance of beauty, many souls must be trampled"
