What a memorial! (Hunter S. Thompson)

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050821/...mpson_memorial

WOODY CREEK, Colo. - With a deafening boom, the ashes of Hunter S. Thompson were blown into the sky amid fireworks late Saturday as relatives and a star-studded crowd bid an irreverent farewell to the founder of "gonzo journalism."

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As the ashes erupted from a tower, red, white, blue and green fireworks lit up the sky over Thompson's home near Aspen.

"I'll always remember where I was when Hunter was blown into the heavens," said Thompson's neighbor, Rita Sherman, who watched the spectacle from the deck of her house.

Didn't jhonny depp fire the cannon? i heard they were good buddies.

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Originally Posted by NightProwler

Didn't jhonny depp fire the cannon? i heard they were good buddies.

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I dont know if he fired the cannon but he payed the 2.5 million to pay for it all.

That would be the shit wouldnt it. Thats how I want to be "laid to rest"!

nah i wanna know where i am once im dead, dont wanna have parts of my dust in different.. states...

That's how HST wanted it. I remeber watching "On the campaign trial '72" and he said he wanted a giant double thumbed statue raised, and his ashed blown from a cannon when he died. Crazy man.

RIP Hunter S Thompson.:)