Hunter S. Thompson commits suicide

[Mech]

I cant believe it. This guy is among my top favorite authors!


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Author Hunter S. Thompson Commits Suicide

1 hour, 46 minutes ago


ASPEN, Colo. - Hunter S. Thompson, the acerbic counter-culture author of books such as "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas," fatally shot himself Sunday night at his Aspen-area home, his son said. He was 67.


"Hunter prized his privacy and we ask that his friends and admirers respect that privacy as well as that of his family," Juan Thompson said in a statement released to the Aspen Daily News.

Pitkin County Sheriff Bob Braudis, a personal friend of Thompson, confirmed the death to the News. Sheriff's officials did not return calls to The Associated Press late Sunday.

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There is no way that I beleive this was suicide. To many things that he said points to foul play.

I really liked him as a writer. A true hippy/tripster at heart.

TL