It was the pain of the hip replacement and the broken leg. According to his son Juan , "it wasn't fun any more". So he took matters into his own hands. I can't fault him, I just wish he was still with us. They plan to hire a crew to fire his ashes out of a cannon over his property in Colorado. I wish I could be there.
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Doctor G
doctor G Reviewed by doctor G on . Hunter S. Thompson: Death of an Icon Death of an Icon Hunter Thompson??s death touched me, hard. I remember John F Kennedy??s death, and Bobby??s and Malcom??s, and each of those deaths made a difference to me. Jimmi, Janis, they all touched me somehow. And Hunter kept going. Through him the sixties energy, that take ??the wall by storm? attitude continued. And yes, I was hurt when I heard it was suicide. But I??ve had a day or two to think about it. Yes. I have had my years of drug abuse, the massive cocaine Rating: 5