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Farewell to Hunter Thompson - 8/21/2005 5:31:24 PM

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Farewell to Dr. Gonzo
Friday August 19, 2005 5:00PM PT

Hunter S. Thompson
We all gotta go sometime. Author, adventurer, and illegal substance aficionado Hunter S. Thompson (+59%) went in February. Now the journalist who invented the gonzo style of reporting will be laid to rest -- in a manner of speaking. During what's sure to be one helluva party this weekend at Owl Farm in Colorado, Thompson's ashes will be blasted from a cannon with a triumphant "ka-boom." You gotta hand it to ol' Dr. Gonzo -- not only did he know how to live, he knew how to leave it all behind with style.

Searches on the writer, who was just as famous for his wild ways as he was his works, are jumping. That's understandable. It's not every day that someone's mortal remains are shot like Evel Knievel across the countryside. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, his most famous work, boasted a 15% gain in the Buzz and interest in Johnny Depp, a close friend who played Thompson in the film version, rose slightly. Also buzzing are Lyle Lovett and Sean Penn, both of whom were invited to attend the one-of-a-kind funeral/celebration.

Fans of Thompson lacking an invitation gave a boost to searches on Flying Dog Brewery. The brewery borrowed a page from Willy Wonka by hiding a "golden ticket" to the proceedings in one bottle of Gonzo Imperial Porter. Lifelong Hunter fan Brian Harvey found the ticket and will attend the social event of the season (all expenses paid). Toast him for us, Brian.

http://buzz.yahoo.com/buzz_log/entry/2005/08/19/1700/

One of the sucky things about becoming well-traveled is the loss of one's heros and icons. To those familiar with Thompson and his work, the "funeral" is fitting to his life and works. *sigh* Why couldn't it have been Mick Jagger instead?

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p.s. The "Mick Jagger" reference is aJOKE; don't flame if you like the Rolling Stones circa 2005.

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RE: Farewell to Hunter Thompson - 8/21/2005 7:59:21 PM

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I know whatcha mean, I miss him also. A couple of weeks ago, I read a great conspiracy theory that tied his death to Bush and Donald Rumsfeld! I'll have to find it and post a link.

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RE: Farewell to Hunter Thompson - 8/22/2005 7:12:43 AM

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I always considered the good Doctor to be a friend I never met. Whether fear and loathing in Vegas, or on the campaign trail, he described the circumstances as I would have wanted to see or experience them. And if one is going to live like that, one must go out with a bang. Pun intended- I think he would have liked that one.

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RE: Farewell to Hunter Thompson - 8/22/2005 2:33:33 PM

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I owe it to his life in a way to take nothing seriously.. and when i act in the best interests of art or journalism.,.. to remember and manifest the fact that my own life itself .. as it captures and creates art.. IS ART and should be treated with as much reverence and irreverence as needed to explore the unknown ..

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RE: Farewell to Hunter Thompson - 8/22/2005 2:48:14 PM

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His works influenced me greatly. Helped me to not take things too seriously while, at the same time, take them VERY seriously...to laugh with tears in my eyes...to see what a goddamn hilariously serious joke this all is.

"When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro." Oh yeah. We're livin' it.

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RE: Farewell to Hunter Thompson - 8/26/2005 12:20:12 AM

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ORIGINAL: UtopianRanger

I know whatcha mean, I miss him also. A couple of weeks ago, I read a great conspiracy theory that tied his death to Bush and Donald Rumsfeld! I'll have to find it and post a link.

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Here are just a few links to what Hunter Thompson was about to expose....

www.libertyforum.org/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=consp_911&Number=293426392

www.total411.info/2005/03/hunter-thompson-friend-confirms-was-on.html

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RE: Farewell to Hunter Thompson - 8/28/2005 5:38:49 PM

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Thanks Mandalin. That's not the exact article I was reading, but the content is similar. The one I was reading also ties Rumsfeld into the scandal.

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RE: Farewell to Hunter Thompson - 8/28/2005 9:14:02 PM

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I knew it was just a matter of time before they got him....The day Hunter Thompson died, was the day his story on the White House sex scandel with Jeff Gannon(Johnny Gosch) came out. And I believe every word of both the 911 exposed and that story. There's been a quite a few people involved in one or the other scandel that have died recently of mysterious deaths. Sickens me to think how so many corruptionists rule our country.

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RE: Farewell to Hunter Thompson - 8/28/2005 10:47:45 PM

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And I believe every word of both the 911 exposed and that story. There's been a quite a few people involved in one or the other scandel that have died recently of mysterious deaths. Sickens me to think how so many corruptionists rule our country.

Mandalin....

I'm curious... have you seen ''911 exposed'' ? I haven't seen it yet but heard it puts Michael Moore's film to absolute shame. In fact, I've heard it said that most of Moore's material has origins from this film. Anyway.... a friend of mine has a copy and I think I need to watch it.

As far as the mysterious deaths : Are we talking supposed suicides, like Vince Foster, or bodies that show up with hands and arms missing, and the coroner rules death by suicide ; }

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RE: Farewell to Hunter Thompson - 8/28/2005 11:43:39 PM

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I havent seen 911 Exposed-the movie yet. But Hunter Thompson was going to expose a story about explosives planted by our government in the WTC to go along with the planes.

www.johnnygosch.com/index.cfm?...

That is the link on a 4 part series about the kidnapping and sex scandels H.T. and many more had exposed the day H.T. died. Many involved with this have died suddenly shortly after also. Click on 'Mysteries of the Mind'

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RE: Farewell to Hunter Thompson - 8/29/2005 1:10:16 PM

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I've never done any drugs in my life - not even a toke of MJ. That being said, when I read Fear and Loathing I felt almost high, as if the the experience of being immersed in the book shook my perception up enough that everything seemed a bit off-kilter. I like to imagine his work gave me the merest hint of what it is like, at least in spirit.

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RE: Farewell to Hunter Thompson - 8/29/2005 11:42:39 PM

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Ah, Hunter S. Thompson and I have had some good times. Not really, but it feels like we have. Fear and Loathing was a life shaper, to say the least. I'll never forget watching that movie, then deciding a sugar cube and a lake swim later that it wasn't such a good idea to "eat some mescaline and go swimming". That movie has a lot of memories attached to it, and we won't even go into how many are attached to his books. Hunter S. Thompson, you were too weird to live, and too rare to die. The world will sorely miss you.

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