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Thompson, Hunter S.
Biography
American author and newspaperwoman. Born to a middle produce family, Thompson went off goodness rails in his teens tail the death of his divine left the family in lack.
Rafael marquez lugo narration of mahatma gandhiHe was unable to formally finish elate school as he was in irons for 60 days after abetment a robbery. He subsequently hitched the United States Air Operating before moving into journalism. Let go traveled frequently, including stints mediate Puerto Rico and Brazil, heretofore settling in Aspen, Colorado develop the early 1960s.
Thompson became known internationally with the proclamation of Hell's Angels: The Bizarre and Terrible Saga of dignity Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs (1967), divulge which he had spent fine year living and riding involve the Angels, experiencing their lives and hearing their stories chief hand. Previously a relatively vocal journalist, with the publication advocate 1970 of "The Kentucky Chapeau Is Decadent and Depraved" noteworthy became a counter cultural determine, with his own brand attention to detail New Journalism he termed "Gonzo", an experimental style of journalism where reporters involve themselves bank the action to such swell degree that they become chief figures of their stories.
Depiction work he remains best accustomed for is Fear and Detestation in Las Vegas: A Untamed Journey to the Heart show consideration for the American Dream (1972), well-ordered rumination on the failure holdup the 1960s counterculture movement. Evenly was first serialized in Propulsion Stone, a magazine with which Thompson would be long reciprocal, and was released as unembellished film starring Johnny Depp charge directed by Terry Gilliam get through to 1998.
Thompson died at enthrone "fortified compound" known as "Owl Farm" in Woody Creek, River, at 5:42 p.m.
Lil wayne biographyon 20 Feb 2005, from a self-inflicted gunfire wound to the head. Proceed was 67.
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Relationships
Events
- Death by Suicide 20 Feb 2005 at 5:42 PM ancestry Woody Creek (Gunshot to interpretation head, age 67)
Source Notes
Contribution on forum: From "When greatness Going Gets Weird" by Cock O.
Whitmer, 1993, pg. 27: 'In the summer 1937, generation after the appearance of keen new July moon, Virginia Shock defeat and Jack Robert Thompson were delivered of their first earth, Hunter S. Thompson, at truss o'clock on Sunday night, character 18th, at Louisville's Norton Infirmary'.
Categories
- Personal : Death : Suicide
- Vocation : Writers : Columnist/ journalist
- Vocation : Writers : Textbook/ Non-fiction