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“When the Going Gets Weird…”

Monday, February 21st, 2005

Hunter S. Thompson, 1937-2005

Hunter S. Thompson, whose life and writing, vivid and quirky reflections of each other, made him one of the principal symbols of the American counterculture, shot and killed himself yesterday at his home near Aspen.

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"Who also, once upon a time, in peg-top trousers went the pace that kills along the road to ruin."

-- Eugene O'Neill, Ah, Wilderness!
WBH

"W.B. 'Rambler' Hendee is a cut-rate scoundrel-hoodlum..."

-- James E. Carroll, Jr.
Brookline Village
Temp: 72°F
Humidity: 78%
Wind: SW at 14 mph
Dew Point: 64°F
Barometer: 29.92" Hg (1013 hPa)
Clouds: scattered clouds
Visibility: 10 miles

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