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For the musician, see. Hunter Stockton Thompson July 18, 1937 — February 20, 2005 was an American journalist and author, and the founder of the movement. He first rose to prominence with the publication of 1967 , a book for which he spent a year living and riding with the motorcycle gang in order to write a first-hand account of lives and experiences of its members. Thompson Anita Bejmuk m. Thompson remains best known for 1971 , a book first serialized in in which he grapples with the implications of what he considered the failure of the movement. It was adapted on film twice: loosely in starring as Thompson in 1980, and directly in 1998 by director in starring and. Politically minded, Thompson ran unsuccessfully for of in 1970 on the Freak Power ticket. He covered Nixon's for Rolling Stone and later collected the stories in book form as. Thompson's output notably declined from the mid-1970s, as he struggled with the consequences of fame, and he complained that he could no longer merely report on events as he was too easily recognized. He was also known for his lifelong use of and illegal narcotics, his love of , and his contempt for. In accordance with his wishes, his ashes were fired out of a cannon in a ceremony funded by his friend and attended by friends including then-Senator and. His parents were introduced to each other by a friend from Jack's fraternity at the in September 1934, and married on November 2, 1935. Thompson's first name came from a purported ancestor on his mother's side, the Scottish surgeon. Hunter Stockton was named for his maternal grandparents, Prestly Stockton Ray and Lucille Hunter. On July 3, 1952, when Thompson was 14 years old, his father, aged 58, died of. Hunter and his brothers were raised by their mother. Hunter also had a much older half-brother, James Thompson, Jr. Education Interested in sports and athletically inclined from a young age, Thompson co-founded the Hawks Athletic Club while attending , which led to an invitation to join Louisville's Castlewood Athletic Club, a club for adolescents that prepared them for. Ultimately he never joined any sports teams in high school. Bloom Elementary School, , and , before transferring to in September 1952. Also in 1952, he was accepted as a member of the Athenaeum , a school-sponsored literary and social club that dated to 1862. Its members at the time, generally drawn from Louisville's wealthy families, included , who later became the first publisher of at Thompson's behest. During this time Thompson read and admired 's. As an Athenaeum member, Thompson contributed articles to and helped produce the club's The Spectator. The group ejected Thompson in 1955, citing his legal problems. Charged as an to robbery after being in a car with the perpetrator, Thompson was sentenced to 60 days in Kentucky's Jail. He served 31 days and, a week after his release, enlisted in the. While he was in jail, the school refused him permission to take his high-school final examinations, and as a result he did not graduate. Military service Thompson completed at in , and transferred to in , to study. He applied to become an aviator, but the Air Force's - program rejected his application. In 1956, he transferred to near. While serving at Eglin, he took evening classes at. At Eglin, he landed his first professional writing job as of The Command Courier by lying about his job experience. As sports editor, Thompson traveled around the United States with the Eglin Eagles team, covering its games. In early 1957 he wrote a sports column for , a local newspaper in. He could not use his name on the column because the Air Force did not allow airmen to hold other jobs. Thompson was discharged from the Air Force in November 1957 as an , his commanding officer having recommended him for an early. Evans wrote to the Eglin personnel office. There he audited several courses at the. While working, he used a typewriter to copy 's and 's in order to learn about the writing styles of the authors. In 1959 Time fired him for. Later that year he worked as a reporter for in , New York. He was fired from this job after damaging an office and arguing with the owner of a local restaurant who happened to be an advertiser with the paper. In 1960, Thompson moved to , to take a job with the sporting magazine El Sportivo, which folded soon after his arrival. Thompson applied for a job with the Puerto Rican English-language daily , but its managing editor, future novelist , turned him down. Nonetheless, the two became friends, and after the demise of El Sportivo, Thompson worked as a for the and for a few stateside papers on Caribbean issues, with Kennedy working as his editor. After returning to the States, Thompson across the United States along , eventually ending up in working as a security guard and at for an eight-month period in 1961, just before it became the. While there, he published his first magazine feature in the nationally distributed magazine, on the and culture of Big Sur. Thompson had had a rocky tenure as caretaker of the hot springs, and his unflattering portrayal of Big Sur was not well-received by the residents. His over-the-top antics were finally too much for Vinnie MacDonald Murphy, the owner of Slates Hot Springs. During this period, Thompson wrote two novels, and , and submitted many to publishers - with little success. The Rum Diary, a novel based on Thompson's experiences in Puerto Rico, was eventually published in 1998. From May 1962 to May 1963, Thompson traveled to South America as a correspondent for a -owned weekly newspaper, the. In he spent several months as a reporter for the Brazil Herald, the country's only English-language , published in. His longtime girlfriend Sandra Dawn Conklin a. Sandy Conklin Thompson, now Sondi Wright later joined him in Rio. They married on May 19, 1963, shortly after returning to the United States, and lived briefly in , where they had a son, Juan Fitzgerald Thompson born March 23, 1964. The couple conceived five more times, but three pregnancies were , and the other two produced infants who died shortly after birth. Hunter and Sandy divorced in 1980 but always remained close friends. In 1964 the family relocated to , where Thompson continued to write for the National Observer on an array of domestic subjects. One story told of his 1964 visit to , to investigate the reasons for 's. While there, he stole a pair of antlers hanging above the front door of Hemingway's cabin. Thompson severed his ties with the Observer after his editor refused to print his review of 's 1965 essay collection , and moved to San Francisco. He immersed himself in the and that was , and soon began writing for the Spider. Hell's Angels See also: In 1965 , editor of , hired Thompson to write a story about the in California. The article appeared on May 17, 1965, and after that Thompson received several book offers and spent the next year living and riding with the club. The relationship broke down when the bikers perceived that Thompson was exploiting them for personal gain and demanded a share of the profits from his writings. Following the success of Hell's Angels, Thompson successfully sold articles to several national magazines including , , , and. He criticized San Francisco's as devoid of both the political convictions of the and the artistic core of the , resulting in a culture overrun with young people who spent their time in the pursuit of. By late 1967, Thompson and his family moved back to Colorado and rented a house in , a small mountain hamlet outside Aspen. From his hotel room in Chicago, Thompson watched the clashes between police and protesters, which he wrote had a great effect on his political views. The book was never finished, and the theme of the death of the American dream would be carried over into his later work. The contract with Random House was eventually fulfilled with the 1972 book Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. He also signed a deal with in 1968 to write a satirical book called The Johnson File about. A few weeks after the contract was signed, however, Johnson announced that he would not seek re-election, and the deal was canceled. Thompson for Sheriff In 1970, Thompson ran for of , as part of a group of citizens running for local offices on the ticket. Thompson Candidate for Sheriff. While carrying the city of Aspen, he garnered only 44% of the county-wide vote in what had become a two-way race. The Republican candidate agreed to withdraw a few days before the election in order to consolidate the anti-Thompson votes, in return for the withdrawing their candidate for county commissioner. Thompson later remarked that the Rolling Stone article mobilized his opposition far more than his supporters. Birth of Gonzo Main article: Also in 1970, Thompson wrote an article entitled for the short-lived magazine. For that article, editor paired Thompson with illustrator , who drew illustrations with lipstick and eyeliner. Thompson and Steadman collaborated regularly after that. Although it was not widely read, the article was the first to use the techniques of , a style Thompson would later employ in almost every literary endeavor. The manic subjectivity of the story was reportedly the result of sheer desperation; he was facing a looming deadline and started sending the magazine pages ripped out of his notebook. Cardoso first met Thompson on a bus full of journalists covering the. If this is a start, keep rolling. Do it now: pure Gonzo journalism. Salazar had been shot in the head at close range with a tear gas canister fired by officers of the during the against the. One of Thompson's sources for the story was , a prominent Mexican-American activist and attorney. Finding it difficult to talk in the racially tense atmosphere of Los Angeles, Thompson and Acosta decided to travel to Las Vegas, and take advantage of an assignment by to write a 250-word photograph caption on the motorcycle race held there. What was to be a short caption quickly grew into something else entirely. The result of the trip to Las Vegas became the 1972 book Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, which first appeared in the November 1971 issues of Rolling Stone as a two-part series. Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72 Main article: Beginning in late 1971 Thompson wrote extensively for Rolling Stone on of President and his unsuccessful opponent, Senator. The articles were soon combined and published as. Thompson was an early supporter of McGovern and wrote unflattering coverage of the rival campaigns in the increasingly widely read Rolling Stone. Thompson went on to become a fierce critic of Nixon, both during and after his presidency. He was a swine of a man and a jabbering dupe of a president. He missed the match while intoxicated at his hotel, and did not submit a story to the magazine. As Wenner put it to the film critic Roger Ebert in the 2008 documentary Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Plans for Thompson to cover the for Rolling Stone and later publish a book fell through after Wenner canceled the project without informing Thompson. Wenner then assigned Thompson to travel to to cover what appeared to be the end of the. Thompson arrived in just as and as other journalists were leaving the country. Again, Wenner pulled the plug on the project. The incidents strained Thompson's relationship with Wenner and Rolling Stone. From the late 1970s on, most of Thompson's literary output appeared as a four-volume series of books entitled. Beginning with The Great Shark Hunt in 1979 and ending with in 1994, the series is largely a collection of rare newspaper and magazine pieces from the pre-gonzo period, along with almost all of his Rolling Stone pieces. Starting in about 1980, Thompson became more reclusive. He would often retreat to his compound in Woody Creek, rejecting projects assignments or failing to complete them. In 1980 Thompson divorced wife Sandra Conklin. The same year marked the release of , a loose film adaptation based on Thompson's early 1970s work, starring as the writer. Murray eventually became one of Thompson's trusted friends. Later that year Thompson relocated to to research and write, , a Gonzo-style account of the 1980. In 1983, he covered the but didn't write or discuss the experiences until the publication of in 2003. As part of his research, he spent evenings at the in San Francisco. The experience evolved into an as-yet-unpublished novel tentatively entitled The Night Manager. Thompson next accepted a role as weekly media columnist and critic for. The position was arranged by former editor and fellow Examiner columnist Warren Hinckle. The next week it would be incisive political analysis of the highest order. Throughout the early 1990s, Thompson claimed to be at work on a novel entitled. It's about the manager of a sex theater who's forced to leave and flee to the mountains. The novel was slated to be released by in 1999, and was even assigned , but was never published. Thompson continued to publish irregularly in Rolling Stone, ultimately contributing 17 pieces to the magazine between 1984 and 2004. Rather than traveling the campaign trail as he had done in previous presidential elections, Thompson monitored the proceedings on cable television; Better Than Sex: Confessions of a Political Junkie, his account of the campaign, is composed of reactive faxes to Rolling Stone. Fear and Loathing redux Thompson's work gained renewed attention with the release of the film Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. New editions of the book were published, introducing Thompson's work to a new generation of readers. The same year, an early novel was published, as were the two volumes of collected letters. Thompson's next, and penultimate, collection, , was widely publicized as Thompson's first memoir. Published in 2003, it combined new material including reminiscences of the O'Farrell Theater , selected newspaper and digital clippings, and other older works. Thompson finished his journalism career in the same way it had begun: Writing about sports. From 2000 until his death in 2005, he wrote a weekly column for. Thompson married assistant Anita Bejmuk on April 23, 2003. His son Juan, daughter-in-law Jennifer, and grandson were visiting for the weekend. His wife Anita, who was at the Aspen Club, was on the phone with him as he cocked the gun. According to the Aspen Daily News, Thompson asked her to come home to help him write his ESPN column, then set the receiver on the counter. Anita said she mistook the cocking of the gun for the sound of his typewriter keys and hung up as he fired. Will and Jennifer were in the next room when they heard the gunshot, but mistook the sound for a book falling and did not check on Thompson immediately. Juan Thompson found his father's body. It read: No More Games. That is 17 years past 50. I am always bitchy. No Fun — for anybody. You are getting Greedy. Act your old age. Relax — This won't hurt. Thompson's collaborator and friend wrote:... He told me 25 years ago that he would feel real trapped if he didn't know that he could commit suicide at any moment. I don't know if that is brave or stupid or what, but it was inevitable. I think that the truth of what rings through all his writing is that he meant what he said. If that is entertainment to you, well, that's OK. If you think that it enlightened you, well, that's even better. If you wonder if he's gone to Heaven or Hell, rest assured he will check out them both, find out which one went to — and go there. He could never stand being bored. But there must be Football too — and Peacocks... Funeral On August 20, 2005, in a private funeral, Thompson's ashes were fired from a cannon. The cannon was placed atop a 153-foot 47 m tower which had the shape of a , a symbol originally used in his 1970 campaign for Sheriff of Pitkin County, Colorado. The plans for the monument were initially drawn by Thompson and Steadman, and were shown as part of an program on the titled 1978. It is included as a special feature on the second disc of the 2004 DVD release of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, and labeled as Fear and Loathing on the Road to Hollywood. I just want to send my pal out the way he wants to go out. Main article: Thompson is often credited as the creator of Gonzo journalism, a style of writing that blurs distinctions between fiction and nonfiction. His work and style are considered to be a major part of the literary movement of the 1960s and 1970s, which attempted to break free from the purely objective style of mainstream reportage of the time. While Thompson's approach clearly involved injecting himself as a participant in the events of the narrative, it also involved adding invented, metaphoric elements, thus creating, for the uninitiated reader, a seemingly confusing amalgam of facts and fiction notable for the deliberately blurred lines between one and the other. They're both much better reporters than I am, but then, I don't think of myself as a reporter. Along with and David Felton, Thompson was instrumental in expanding the focus of the magazine past music criticism; indeed, Thompson was the only staff writer of the epoch never to contribute a music feature to the magazine. Nevertheless, his articles were always peppered with a wide array of pop music references ranging from to. Armed with early machines wherever he went, he became notorious for haphazardly sending sometimes illegible material to the magazine's San Francisco offices as an issue was about to go to press. But if there were living, identifiable humans in a scene, we took certain steps... Hunter was a close friend of many prominent Democrats, veterans of the ten or more presidential campaigns he covered, so when in doubt, we'd call the press secretary. You knew you had better learn enough about the subject at hand to know when the riff began and reality ended. Hunter was a stickler for numbers, for details like gross weight and model numbers, for lyrics and , and there was no faking it. Fantasizing about causing bodily harm to others was also a characteristic in his work used to comedic effect and an example of his brand of humor. A number of critics have commented that as he grew older the line that distinguished Thompson from his literary self became increasingly blurred. Very often, they conflict — most often, as a matter of fact. I'm leading a normal life and right alongside me there is this myth, and it is growing and mushrooming and getting more and more warped. When I get invited to, say, speak at universities, I'm not sure if they are inviting Duke or Thompson. I'm not sure who to be. Hence, both his writing style and persona have been widely imitated, and his likeness has even become a popular costume choice for. Political beliefs Thompson was a and enthusiast in his writing and in life and owned a vast collection of , , , and various and weapons, along with numerous forms of and many homemade devices. He was a proponent of the and. Part of his work with The Fourth Amendment Foundation centered around support of Lisl Auman, a woman who was sentenced for in 1997 under charges for the death of police officer Bruce VanderJagt, despite contradictory statements and dubious evidence. Thompson organized rallies, provided legal support, and co-wrote an article in the June 2004 issue of outlining the case. The eventually overturned Auman's sentence in March 2005, shortly after Thompson's death, and Auman is now free. Auman's supporters claim Thompson's support and publicity resulted in the successful appeal. Thompson was also an ardent supporter of and became known for his detailed accounts of his own. He was an early supporter of the and served on the group's advisory board for over 30 years, until his death. It might be a little rough on some people for a while, but I think it's the only way to deal with drugs. Look at : all it did was make a lot of criminals rich. But not the right mechanics. I believe the IWW was probably the last human concept in American politics. Thompson is seen in several scenes wearing different T-shirts. Thompson wrote on behalf of African-American rights and the. After the , Thompson voiced skepticism regarding the. He speculated to several interviewers that it may have been , though readily admitting he had no way to prove his theory. His best-known works include , , and. Articles As a journalist over the course of decades, Thompson published numerous articles in various. He wrote for many publications, including , , , , , , , , , and. He was also guest editor for a single edition of The Aspen Daily News. A collection of 100 of his columns from The San Francisco Examiner was published in 1988 as. A collection of his articles for Rolling Stone was released in 2011 as. The book was edited by the magazine's co-founder and publisher, Jann S. Wenner, who also provided an introduction to the collection. Letters Thompson wrote many letters, which were his primary means of personal communication. He made of all his letters, usually typed, a habit begun in his teenage years. The Fear and Loathing Letters is a three-volume collection of selections from Thompson's correspondence, edited by the historian. The first volume, The Proud Highway was published in 1997, and contains letters from 1955 to 1967. As of January 2018, it has yet to be sold to the public. It contains a special introduction by Johnny Depp. Illustrations Accompanying the eccentric and colorful writing of Hunter Thompson, illustrations by British artist offer visual representations of the Gonzo style. Steadman and Thompson developed a close friendship, and often traveled together. Though his illustrations occur in most of Thompson's books, they are conspicuously featured in full page color in Thompson's , set in Hawaii. Photography Thompson was an avid amateur photographer throughout his life and his photos have been exhibited since his death at art galleries in the United States and United Kingdom. In late 2006, AMMO Books published a limited-edition 224-page collection of Thompson photos called , with an introduction by Johnny Depp. Thompson's snapshots were a combination of the subjects he was covering, stylized self-portraits, and artistic photos. It stars as Thompson and as Thompson's attorney , referred to in the movie as Carl Lazlo, Esq. The film has achieved something of a. The novel's premise was inspired by Thompson's own experiences in Puerto Rico. The film was written and directed by. There's a great comfort in it for me, because I get a great visit with my old friend who I miss dearly. It can be found on disc 2 of edition of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. The , owners of the O'Farrell Theatre in San Francisco, made a documentary about Thompson in 1988 called Hunter S. Thompson: The Crazy Never Die. The film 2003 was directed and edited by Ewing. It documents Thompson's work on the movie Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, his arrest for , and his subsequent fight with the court system. When I Die 2005 is a video chronicle of making Thompson's final farewell wishes a reality, and documents the send-off itself. Free Lisl: Fear and Loathing in Denver 2006 chronicles Thompson's efforts in helping to free Lisl Auman, who was sentenced to life in prison without parole for the shooting of a police officer, a crime she didn't commit. All three films are only available online. In Come on Down: Searching for the American Dream 2004 Thompson gives director Adamm Liley insight into the nature of the American Dream over drinks at the Woody Creek Tavern. The original documentary features interviews with Thompson's inner circle of family and friends, but the thrust of the film focuses on the manner in which his life often overlapped with numerous Hollywood celebrities who became his close friends, such as Johnny Depp, , , , , Thompson's wife Anita, son Juan, former Senators and , writers and , actors and , and the illustrator among others. The Gonzo Patriots of Hunter S. Thompson 2006 , produced, directed, photographed and edited by Blue Kraning, is a documentary about the scores of fans who volunteered their privately owned artillery to fire the ashes of the late author, Hunter S. Thompson held at the Denver Press Club. In 2008, -winning documentarian , wrote and directed a documentary on Thompson, titled. The film premiered on January 20, 2008, at the. Gibney uses intimate, never-before-seen home videos, interviews with friends, enemies and lovers, and clips from films adapted from Thompson's material to document his turbulent life. Stein persuades London's 'Time Out' Magazine to put Thompson up for a fortnight, in exchange for him writing a cover story to publicize the play. Thompson doesn't write the story, but does rampage around London on Time Out's expense account. The play was revived for the Vault Fringe Festival in 2014. GONZO: A Brutal Chrysalis is a one-man show about Thompson written by Paul Addis, who also played the author. Set in the writing den of Thompson's Woody Creek home, the show portrays his life between 1968 and 1971. James Cartee began playing the role soon after Addis's arrest in 2009, and again after Addis's death in 2012. Thompson is the finest writer of our generation; he didn't just toss off a book the other day... Johnny Depp also appeared on the cover. When the character was first introduced, Thompson protested, quoted in an interview as saying that he would set Trudeau on fire if the two ever met, although it was reported that he liked the character in later years. 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ChickaDEE magazine is proudly designed and printed in Canada. He only sees his siblings and elderly mother on occasional visits now. American Bloomsbury: Louisa May Alcott, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Margaret Fuller, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Social David Thoreau: Their Lives, Their Loves, Their Work. Retrieved 22 January 2010. Moab is my washpot. Ahab stops to look at the doubloon and interprets the coin as signs of his firmness, volcanic energy, and victory; Starbuck takes the high peaks as evidence of the ; Stubb focuses on the zodiacal arch over the mountains; and Flask sees nothing of any symbolic value at all. I mean, what do you do with sentences like those once you've come up with them?.