Thompson, Hunter S.
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| Birthname | Hunter Stockton Thompson | ||||
| born on | 18 July 1937 at 22:00 (= 10:00 PM ) | ||||
| Place | Louisville, Kentucky, 38n15, 85w46 | ||||
| Timezone | CST h6w (is standard time) | ||||
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| Astrology data |   26°04'   07°13 Asc. 01°16'
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Biography
American author and journalist. Born to a middle class family, Thompson went off the rails in his teens after the death of his father left the family in poverty. He was unable to formally finish high school as he was incarcerated for 60 days after abetting a robbery. He subsequently joined the United States Air Force before moving into journalism. He traveled frequently, including stints in Puerto Rico and Brazil, before settling in Aspen, Colorado in the early 1960s.
Thompson became known internationally with the publication of Hell's Angels: The Strange and Terrible Saga of the Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs (1967), for which he had spent a year living and riding with the Angels, experiencing their lives and hearing their stories first hand. Previously a relatively conventional journalist, with the publication in 1970 of "The Kentucky Derby Is Decadent and Depraved" he became a counter cultural figure, with his own brand of New Journalism he termed "Gonzo", an experimental style of journalism where reporters involve themselves in the action to such a degree that they become central figures of their stories. The work he remains best known for is Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream (1972), a rumination on the failure of the 1960s counterculture movement. It was first serialized in Rolling Stone, a magazine with which Thompson would be long associated, and was released as a film starring Johnny Depp and directed by Terry Gilliam in 1998.
Thompson died at his "fortified compound" known as "Owl Farm" in Woody Creek, Colorado, at 5:42 p.m. on 20 February 2005, from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. He was 67.
Relationships
- friend relationship with Acosta, Oscar Zeta (born 8 April 1935)
- friend relationship with Depp, Johnny (born 9 June 1963)
Events
- Death by Suicide 20 February 2005 at 5:42 PM in Woody Creek (Gunshot to the head, age 67)
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Source Notes
Contribution on forum: From "When the Going Gets Weird" by Peter O. Whitmer, 1993, pg. 27: 'In the summer 1937, days after the appearance of a new July moon, Virginia Ray and Jack Robert Thompson were delivered of their first son, Hunter S. Thompson, at ten o'clock on Sunday night, the 18th, at Louisville's Norton Infirmary'.
Categories
- Personal : Death : Suicide
- Vocation : Writers : Columnist/ journalist
- Vocation : Writers : Textbook/ Non-fiction
