the death of Gonzo

international | arts and media | other press Monday February 21, 2005 11:57 by life is good. appreciate it. use it well.

an article using his name appeared last week as the feature on Australian indymedia.(unrelated)

Hunter S Thompson, the American counterculture writer, has been found dead at his home in Colorado.

Thompson's son, Juan, found his body. He said the 67-year-old shot himself.

He is best-known for his 1972 account of a drug-addled Nevada trip, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. Other books are Hells Angels and Generation of Swine.

-Hunter S Thompson has committed suicide.

He did a lot of drugs.
He liked cars.
He searched for but didn't find the American dream,
because it didn't exist.

.:. rest

death of Hunter-
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4282865.stm

death of Gonzo-
http://darwin.indymedia.org/index.php?action=default&featureview=54
"No story. Just a lot of screaming, carry on and naughty words..."