Hunter Thompson got his wish : )
 

His ashes were blown from a giant gonzo fist....100's of yards into the air above the mountain range & were spread out all over his land. "OWL RANCH"

The fist looked something like this

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But his original plans were to be cannoned outta that fist. And Johnny Depp & Hutners wife stepped up & made sure it happened.

Tons of A-list celebs were there & rock bands to party the night away, just like hunter would have liked it. Even some blow up dolls i heard :thumbsup

Calm down everyone... its Gonzo Journalism... not "our" Gonzo :)

rip thompson

when did i say "our" gonzo...i know exactly what the fuck it is, & i know more of his historical role in politics & writing styles than you'll ever know

so go take a seat in the peanut gallery

that's good for him.

depp was on a talk show leno maybe? awhile back

said he had to design and have the cannon built .. crazy

Did anyone see that documentary on the Criterion Collection edition of Fear and Loathing where HST designed the cannon for this? Ralph Steadman was there, trying to help him draw it, but Hunter kept scribbling over it and fixing it:

"Two thumbs on the fist... if I told you once, I told you a thousand times..."


That's also the documentary where The Doctor spills his whisky in the grass during the interview, and plays it off better than anyone in the history of party fouls:

"You see... the ice, is naturally without chlorophil. And the whisky kills, what would be the chlorophil substitute. That's why I always put the ice in the whisky, and then the WHOLE THING... into the grass. I have now abosorbed enough chlorophil to get back to the drink. (As he picks the ice up off the lawn and puts it back in the glass) That's why I'm so healthy, folks. I always roll my ice... in chlorophil... when I drink whisky."

any imagery?

Rip Hst . . .

he will be missed. one of the nest writers of the 32st century.

Your sig banner scares me. hit me up on ICQ and I'll make you one for FREE just so I don't have to see that thing again. I'm not fucking around hit me up

There will never be another one like him...

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RIP HST...

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May he find eternal peace to where he is now.

Interesting you mentioned this...one of his long-time friends, George Stranahan, said Hunter would never had gone for this...oh well. :Oh crap

He was truly one-of-a-kind. A totally original voice in a time when original voices are almost non-existant...

I'm glad he went out with a bang and aparantly according to his wishes. He was good to the last grain and his works will live on for generations to come. This world was never meant for one as beautiful as him(paraphrased Don McLean lyric from Vincent about Van Gogh). I'm sad that it had to end the way it did, but it was his choice to die from the barrel of a gun.

when did he return his keys?? :Oh crap

I saw fear and loathing on the bravo tv network for the first time on the morning hunter died, Eerie coincidence.

RIP Hst.