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NOTE: link changed because I"M a prima donna... YES, that *is* an ESPN link... twice...what can i say?
Celebrated author had style all his own
ESPN News Service
DENVER -- Hunter S. Thompson, the acerbic counterculture writer who popularized a new form of fictional journalism in books like "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.
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feb 15 espn "article" involving shot guns, golf, and bill murray ( a bit long )
Celebrated author had style all his own
ESPN News Service
DENVER -- Hunter S. Thompson, the acerbic counterculture writer who popularized a new form of fictional journalism in books like "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.
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feb 15 espn "article" involving shot guns, golf, and bill murray ( a bit long )
