Comments on: Thompson Shot Himself While on Phone with Wife

By: Who Can Really Say?

Who Can Really Say? — Sat, 26 Feb 2005 02:58:41 +0000

Headless Indeed "It was a problem for us". I'd say so. Via Outside the Beltway....

By: The American Mind

The American Mind — Sat, 26 Feb 2005 01:34:07 +0000

Cruelty
Why someone like Hunter S. Thompson gives into his demons now after fending them off for decades is a mystery....

By: Robert Prather

Robert Prather — Fri, 25 Feb 2005 20:20:06 +0000

What sort of bastard shoots himself while on the phone with his wife and with his family right in the house?

My answer: the sort of bastard who would use drugs and alcohol like candy for four decades or so.

By: BitsBlog

BitsBlog — Fri, 25 Feb 2005 20:17:58 +0000

Hunter Thompson Dead at 67
The fact is though, that in the end, Thompson was merely one of the last victims of the paranoic 60's counter-culture he never found it within himself to grow out of. And in the end, the paranoia that was always there, not far under the surface, took...

By: Michael

Michael — Fri, 25 Feb 2005 20:16:23 +0000

CNN put Eason Jordan's resignation on the Entertainment page, too. Oh well.

By: paladin

paladin — Fri, 25 Feb 2005 20:03:42 +0000

It appears that Thompson's wife, Anita, was a good match for him. For anyone who has loved, can you imagine saying about your loved one's desire to commit suicide: "I wish I could have been more supportive of his decision."?

By: Secure Liberty

Secure Liberty — Fri, 25 Feb 2005 19:56:30 +0000

Hunter S. Thompson - Suicide Hunter S. Thompson decides to end it all. (H/T Backcountry Conservative) Feb. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Hunter S. Thompson, the counterculture author of ``Hell's Angels: A Strange and Terrible Saga'' and ``Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas,'' killed himself...

By: ZuDfunck

ZuDfunck — Fri, 25 Feb 2005 19:56:10 +0000

HST: Details We Could Do With Out
From OTB's James Joyner: Thompson Shot Himself While on Phone (AJC)The widow of journalist Hunter S. Thompson said her husband killed himself while the two were talking on the phone.

By: Mark

Mark — Fri, 25 Feb 2005 19:23:10 +0000

What sort of bastard shoots himself while on the phone with his wife and with his family right in the house?

The answer, apparently, is Hunter S. Thompson.

Even more strange is how we learn that he has been talking about killing himself for a while now, yet all the wife can say is that it put a strain on their relationship. Didn't she try to get him help?

By: DBub

DBub — Fri, 25 Feb 2005 19:13:32 +0000

My thoughts and prayers are with the family. This will be a tough one for them to get over.

The widow tells the first-person account of the whole ordeal in the Rocky Mountain News online. It is a bizarre story. It almost seems like he was running a cult.

Weird guy.

By: McGehee

McGehee — Fri, 25 Feb 2005 19:05:00 +0000

Sad indeed. Especially, I'm sorry to be the one to say, the part about wanting "to leave on top of his game."

By: Steven Taylor

Steven Taylor — Fri, 25 Feb 2005 18:47:00 +0000

Very sad in so many ways...

Still, not too surprising, as what little I do know about Hunter S. Thompson suggests a profoundly selfish person.