Hunter S. Thompson Found Seated in Front of Typewriter; Word 'counselor' on Page

The Associated Press ^ | Mar 2, 2005 | The Associated Press

[durasell]

You misunderstand his use of the word "rube." The phrase "Hey rube!" is carney slang for "I need help" or "HELP!!!!" Sadly, the carney language is fast fading without being documented.

[anton]

I will not shoot myself in the house
I will not shoot myself in the house
I will not shoot myself in the house
I will not shoot myself in the house
I will not shoot myself in the house
I will not shoot myself in the house
I will not shoot myself in the house

[Bogtrotter52]

Well he gets a weeks worth of postings and media attention....other than that he's wormfood......no wait.....CANNON FODDER!!!!

[ken21]

it's the boomer generation "look at me, i'm more important than you":

bill 'n hill
baba streisland
baba boxer
jane fonda
john kerry
tom heyden

etc

[Bogtrotter52]

By the way. There is apparently a company that will now take ones cremated remains and put them into fireworks for a festive goodbye

[Imaverygooddriver]

"Now Mrs. Thompson, you said you were on the phone with your husband when he shot himself, but you aren`t sure if you heard the gunshot..Now how can this be, how can this be? You know my wife she makes a great lasagne, and sometimes when she calls me up, before we hang up we say I love you then goodbye. You never said how you ended that call with your husband."

[elhombrelibre]

I read some weird comment his wife made about him shooting himself in the mouth and thus still having his beautiful face. Very strange people.

[Bogtrotter52]

I'll bet the back of his head was not "Beautiful". What was the caliber? Anyone know? And his family being strange would have to be a given

[The Electrician]

And I wonder what the word "Counselor" meant...

They wondered what "rosebud" meant, too...

[elhombrelibre]

It was a .45. By the way, check out this report.

http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/state/article/0,1299,DRMN_21_3575306,00.html

She was 32 and quite attractive. I guess she was attracted to him by his prose style.

[spinestein]

counselor?

Maybe the PEST sessions weren't working.

[AlbertWang]

OK, Sports Fans, let us look at the evidence.
1) HST was big buddies with the local Law
2) Odd story of demise
3) Book sales sky rocket
4) No public viewing of body
I predict that the future will have tales of Hunter faking his death.

[WestVirginiaRebel]

Counselor?

"I didn't do it. Nobody saw me do it. You can't prove a thing."

[Lee N. Field]

A soft-sided gun case was found at Thompson's feet along with a spent shell casing, according to reports.

Shell case at his feet? How did it end up there? Every autoloader I've ever shot throws expended cases anywhere from 5 feet away to low earth orbit.

[liberateUS]

"As your 'counselor,' I'd advise you not to put a loaded gun to your head and pull the trigger!"

Especially if your grand children and other family members are in the house, you self serving egotistical SOB.\

Good riddance

[Tijeras_Slim]

No sense of humor.

He should have typed "Rosebud".

[maggief]

[Wallace T.]

With the exception of Bill and Hillary Clinton, all the people you listed were born prior to 1946 and jence do not qualify as Baby Boomers.

Barbara Streisand - 1942
Barbara Boxer - 1940
Jane Fonda - 1937
John Kerry - 1943
Tom Hayden - 1939
Hunter Thompson - 1937 or 1939

[Kelly_2000]

"And maybe I'm just an odd duck, but had my father killed himself with a pistol the first thing I'd have done would not have been go outside and pop off three blasts from my shotgun. It just seems way too convenient to explain powder residue on Juan's hands."

well then I must be an odd duck also :-) As I see this as highly suspicious too. Would not the powder residue from a shotgun be different form that of a handgun?

Any experts here like to comment?

[P-Marlowe]

This is 2005. NOBODY uses a typewriter anymore. Why would he be using a typewriter?