The Death of Fear and Loathing

I don't do too many blog obituaries.

But I woke up this morning to the news that Hunter S Thompson had killed himself.

This was a guy I love to read.  His book Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is one of my all-time favorite books and I also loved Fear and Loating on the Campaign Trail 1972 and The Great Shark Hunt.  I've read a bunch more, but those three stand out in my mind.

I suppose taking a handgun to himself is the way it had to end for Hunter, although I wish it hadn't ended that way.

Goodbye Hunter, I'll miss you and so will the world.

Comments

[Bryan William Jones]

You realize of course that Hunter likely presaged the spirit of blogs with his direct reporting style. He was the first to really validate a reporters personal reflections/impressions for a story rather than attempting a strict focus on reporting the facts. This is of course exactly the model that most journalists and individuals reporting news on blogs appear to be following and in a way, what most of the rest of us with blogs appear to be doing on issues important to us.