Rest In Peace…
February 21st, 2005Hunter S. Thompson Dies at 67 obituary is courtesy of The Washington Post.
Hunter S. Thompson, whose life and writing, vivid and quirky reflections of each other, made him one of the principal symbols of the American counterculture, shot and killed himself yesterday at his home near Aspen.
Thompson, 67, was celebrated as a practitioner of an outraged form of personal journalism, offering off-beat ideas and observations in a style that was wildly and vividly his own and that brought him cult-like status and widespread recognition.
Thompson was known for a style that he described as "gonzo journalism," a form of "new journalism." It was based on the idea that fidelity to fact did not always blaze the way to truth.
Instead, "gonzo journalism" and its practitioners suggested that a deeper truth could be found in the ambiguous zones between fact and fiction.
Around a year ago on this day..
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February 21st, 2005 at 1:14 pm
ok, here I am, Miss SmartyPants–
1) I have to register to read whatever you linked to
and
2) at first glance, I am assuming from your blog that the WP has killed somebody!
February 21st, 2005 at 6:37 pm
ROFL, sorry there
the WaPo did not kill someone..its that the obit is courtesy of the WaPo!
Hunter S. Thompson was an incredible writer, both non fiction and political journalism. I belive the NYT also had a good obit, but you would need a login for NYT as well (registration for either is free and I assure you do not get bombarded with spam by either unless you check the appropriate boxes when you register)