Hunter Thompson, Counterculture Writer, Dies at 67, AP Says
Feb. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Hunter S. Thompson, the counterculture author of ``Hell's Angels: A Strange and Terrible Saga'' and ``Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas,'' has committed suicide, the Associated Press reported. He was 67.
Thompson shot himself Sunday night at his Aspen, Colorado, home, AP reported. In a statement to the Aspen Daily News, his son Juan Thompson asked that the author's friends and admirers respect the privacy of his family, AP said.
Thompson achieved fame in the 1960s when he wrote for Rolling Stone and invented a subjective and impressionistic style of reporting dubbed ``gonzo'' journalism. His 1972 work ``Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas'' was made into a movie with Johnny Depp playing the role of the author.
Recently, Thompson was a columnist for Walt Disney Co.'s ESPN.com. In a February 2003 interview with Salon, Thompson said that America suffered a nervous breakdown after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks that has resulted in disastrous restrictions of civil liberties.
I just bought Allie the Criterion edition of Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas. How peculiar timing for things to follow. I am very sad about this. My last memory of him was when he was on the Conan O'Brien show promoting Kingdom Of Fear and he was hilariously drunk and amusing in his stories. Conan and he seemed to get along well and my brother and were both literally on the floor with laughter.
Feb. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Hunter S. Thompson, the counterculture author of ``Hell's Angels: A Strange and Terrible Saga'' and ``Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas,'' has committed suicide, the Associated Press reported. He was 67.
Thompson shot himself Sunday night at his Aspen, Colorado, home, AP reported. In a statement to the Aspen Daily News, his son Juan Thompson asked that the author's friends and admirers respect the privacy of his family, AP said.
Thompson achieved fame in the 1960s when he wrote for Rolling Stone and invented a subjective and impressionistic style of reporting dubbed ``gonzo'' journalism. His 1972 work ``Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas'' was made into a movie with Johnny Depp playing the role of the author.
Recently, Thompson was a columnist for Walt Disney Co.'s ESPN.com. In a February 2003 interview with Salon, Thompson said that America suffered a nervous breakdown after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks that has resulted in disastrous restrictions of civil liberties.
I just bought Allie the Criterion edition of Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas. How peculiar timing for things to follow. I am very sad about this. My last memory of him was when he was on the Conan O'Brien show promoting Kingdom Of Fear and he was hilariously drunk and amusing in his stories. Conan and he seemed to get along well and my brother and were both literally on the floor with laughter.