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- Hunter_S._Thompson abstract "Hunter Stockton Thompson (July 18, 1937 – February 20, 2005) was an American journalist and author. Born in Louisville, Kentucky, to a middle-class family, Thompson had a turbulent youth 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 California, Puerto Rico, and Brazil, before settling in Aspen, Colorado, in the early 1960s.Thompson became internationally known 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.Politically minded, Thompson ran unsuccessfully for sheriff of Pitkin County, Colorado, in 1970, on the Freak Power ticket. He was well known for his inveterate hatred of Richard Nixon, whom he claimed represented "that dark, venal, and incurably violent side of the American character" and whom he characterized in Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72. Thompson's output notably declined from the mid-1970s, as he struggled with the consequences of fame, and he complained that he could no longer merely report on events as he was too easily recognized. He was also known for his lifelong use of alcohol and illegal drugs; his love of firearms, and his iconoclastic contempt for authoritarianism, and remarked that, "I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me."While suffering a bout of health problems, Thompson committed suicide at the age of 67. Per his wishes, his ashes were fired out of a cannon in a ceremony funded by his friend, Johnny Depp, and attended by a host of friends including then Senator John Kerry and Jack Nicholson. Hari Kunzru wrote that, "the true voice of Thompson is revealed to be that of American moralist ... one who often makes himself ugly to expose the ugliness he sees around him."".
- Hunter_S._Thompson birthDate "1937-07-18".
- Hunter_S._Thompson birthName "Hunter Stockton Thompson".
- Hunter_S._Thompson birthPlace Louisville,_Kentucky.
- Hunter_S._Thompson birthYear "1937".
- Hunter_S._Thompson deathDate "2005-02-20".
- Hunter_S._Thompson deathPlace Woody_Creek,_Colorado.
- Hunter_S._Thompson deathYear "2005".
- Hunter_S._Thompson genre Gonzo_journalism.
- Hunter_S._Thompson influencedBy Ayn_Rand.
- Hunter_S._Thompson influencedBy Ernest_Hemingway.
- Hunter_S._Thompson influencedBy F._Scott_Fitzgerald.
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- Hunter_S._Thompson influencedBy George_Plimpton.
- Hunter_S._Thompson influencedBy H._L._Mencken.
- Hunter_S._Thompson influencedBy Henry_Miller.
- Hunter_S._Thompson influencedBy J._P._Donleavy.
- Hunter_S._Thompson influencedBy Jack_Kerouac.
- Hunter_S._Thompson influencedBy Joseph_Conrad.
- Hunter_S._Thompson influencedBy Ken_Kesey.
- Hunter_S._Thompson influencedBy Mark_Twain.
- Hunter_S._Thompson influencedBy William_Faulkner.
- Hunter_S._Thompson influencedBy William_S._Burroughs.
- Hunter_S._Thompson movement New_Journalism.
- Hunter_S._Thompson notableWork Fear_and_Loathing_in_Las_Vegas.
- Hunter_S._Thompson notableWork Fear_and_Loathing_on_the_Campaign_Trail_'72.
- Hunter_S._Thompson notableWork Hell's_Angels:_The_Strange_and_Terrible_Saga_of_the_Outlaw_Motorcycle_Gangs.
- Hunter_S._Thompson notableWork The_Curse_of_Lono.
- Hunter_S._Thompson notableWork The_Rum_Diary_(novel).
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- Hunter_S._Thompson birthDate "1937-07-18".
- Hunter_S._Thompson birthName "Hunter Stockton Thompson".
- Hunter_S._Thompson birthPlace Louisville,_Kentucky.
- Hunter_S._Thompson caption "Thompson at the Miami Book Fair International of 1988".
- Hunter_S._Thompson dateOfBirth "1937-07-18".
- Hunter_S._Thompson dateOfDeath "2005-02-20".
- Hunter_S._Thompson deathCause "Self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head".
- Hunter_S._Thompson deathDate "2005-02-20".
- Hunter_S._Thompson deathPlace Woody_Creek,_Colorado.
- Hunter_S._Thompson genre Gonzo_journalism.
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- Hunter_S._Thompson influences Ayn_Rand.
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- Hunter_S._Thompson influences Henry_Miller.
- Hunter_S._Thompson influences J._P._Donleavy.
- Hunter_S._Thompson influences Jack_Kerouac.
- Hunter_S._Thompson influences Joseph_Conrad.
- Hunter_S._Thompson influences Ken_Kesey.
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- Hunter_S._Thompson influences William_Faulkner.
- Hunter_S._Thompson influences William_S._Burroughs.
- Hunter_S._Thompson movement New_Journalism.
- Hunter_S._Thompson name "Hunter S. Thompson".
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- Hunter_S._Thompson notableworks "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas".
- Hunter_S._Thompson notableworks "Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72".
- Hunter_S._Thompson notableworks "Hell's Angels".
- Hunter_S._Thompson notableworks "The Curse of Lono".
- Hunter_S._Thompson notableworks "The Rum Diary".
- Hunter_S._Thompson occupation "Journalist, author".
- Hunter_S._Thompson placeOfBirth "Louisville, Kentucky, United States".
- Hunter_S._Thompson placeOfDeath "Woody Creek, Colorado, United States".
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