He went from being a hero of mine to a burned out jerk.

I think he found the shotgun trigger with his toe as a final frustration over his mistakes on Iraq and the fall of liberalism. He may have hoped that some may mistake him for Hemingway.

Growing up is hard to do.

I am a long time friend of Juan we went to the Aspen Community School together I have been using the blogs to try to send a message of love to him and the family but I know he is totally swamped because of the media attention at Owl farm and I need to let him know that we care for Him, Anita and the whole family in this time of tragedy while respecting his privacy

Let’s see if we can get the word out …

He was first THE MANÖ.

He became the myth and legend

To me he was several people.

He was my best friendís dad although he always called his dad Hunter

(At Juanís wedding he said to a friend about me ìLook thereís another little bastard I raised that turned out OKî)

He was Hunter S. Thompson retiring shy southerner who loved guns and his freedom

And

He was the Dr. Gonzo who we all know who would be in your face and try to kill you if you attempted to try to take away his guns, drugs, freedom, privacy and the god given right to go into an explosive tirade about it.

To be such a person required him to have a unique emotional support structure. These people now need our support, love and understanding in this time of grief.

Bradley Laboe

I am a long time friend of Juan we went to the Aspen Community School together I have been using the blogs to try to send a message of love to him and the family but I know he is totally swamped because of the media attention at Owl farm and I need to let him know that we care for Him, Anita and the whole family in this time of tragedy while respecting his privacy

Let’s see if we can get the word out …

He was first THE MANÖ.

He became the myth and legend

To me he was several people.

He was my best friendís dad although he always called his dad Hunter

(At Juanís wedding he said to a friend about me ìLook thereís another little bastard I raised that turned out OKî)

He was Hunter S. Thompson retiring shy southerner who loved guns and his freedom

And

He was the Dr. Gonzo who we all know who would be in your face and try to kill you if you attempted to try to take away his guns, drugs, freedom, privacy and the god given right to go into an explosive tirade about it.

To be such a person required him to have a unique emotional support structure. These people now need our support, love and understanding in this time of grief.

Bradley Laboe

I admire Hunter Thomson?s skills as a writer while still disagreeing with his politics. He also inspired a generation. That?s something.

“…showed no pretense of objectivity in his work.”

“Anybody with any intelligence could read it and know it was made up. What he did was in the service of a greater truth”

HST seemed to be a man stuck in time, and not trying to find a relevant place in todays world.

Old and bitter, indeed.

Chuck ó Maybe Mark would be happier if you worked your bad writing up in stages… you know, start by blaming it on Stan Lee, then Harlan Ellison, then Bret Easton Ellis and then Thompson…

Is that a sentence?