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- Jul 6, 2003
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CEEFAX reporting that 'Hunter S Thompson, the American counterculture writer, has been found dead at his home in Colorado. Police said the 67-year-old shot himself. His body was found by his son.
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.
He pioneered "gonzo journalism" a factual style in which the writer was an essential part of the story, and was an acute observer of American life".
R.I.P.
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.
He pioneered "gonzo journalism" a factual style in which the writer was an essential part of the story, and was an acute observer of American life".
R.I.P.