A hero has passed

[Verthanthi]

You were the only journalist I could ever read without vomiting in my mouth. You taught me to love writing. You were the greatest. Hardly a fitting eulogy, but it is the best I can do.

R.I.P. Hunter S. Thompson

More info here

[Mr. Peanuts]

I suppose you have to admit he has lived a decent life, I loved Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.

[Pan]

Dude thats horrible I loved all of his work.

[Credit Account]

[Cops]

Hey there Salinger, What did you do?
Just when the world was looking at you
To write anything, that meant anything
You told us you were through.
And it's been years since you passed away
but I see no plaque, and I see no grave.
And I can't help believing, you wanted it that way.

And it makes me sick when I think of it
All my heroes could not live with this
and I hope you rest in peace
Because with us, You never did.

[DoTheFandango]

Ugh.

Why must all the good die young?

[Cops]

because they seem to mind the banalities of a normal life.

[Liquid Blue]

Ugh.

Why must all the good die young?

Wasn't he 67?

[DoTheFandango]

So? He was taken too early, and in the wrong way.

[jeem]

note: taking drugs religiously for 40 years may shorten your life span

[DoTheFandango]

That's not what killed him, but it probably was a reason for his suicide.

[Squeezer]

dude, I'm seriously depressed now. I finished the Rum Diaries like last month. That sux

[Cops]

That's not what killed him, but it probably was a reason for his suicide.

speculation at best, sometimes the answers are never really apparent. It's really too bad, it's hard to have respect for someone who creates magnificent pieces of literature but gives up on life, i guess i draw the line at suicide.

[Mulkero]

=(

[Arikel]

its strange... lots of the best portuguese poets of the 20st century also committed suicide