Thompson is "cannonized"

And so it ends with a BANG, like everything in Hunter S. Thompson's life. The appropriate parting of the late great gonzo had its share of craziness. But would he or anyone associated with him have it any other way? It seems almost prophetic now - the last of the great outlaw writers gone with nothing left in his wake. Blown to smithereens to become part of everyone. Maybe he will infect the current automaton media and wake them from their BushCo driven slumber? Spontaneity, fantastic prose, and mindless craziness - that's what we need.


His son, Juan, was remarked:

My father wouldn't have actually gone to anything like this," Juan Thompson said. "He would have set himself up in a corner, at a bar or in the kitchen, and let people come up to him one by one. He didn't like mob scenes. He didn't do big parties.

Of course, my father understood the media and used the media to enhance the persona," the son went on. "But he was an intensely private person. He wouldn't want the media at his funeral -- even if we did fire a big cannon to say goodbye.

That's Hunter.

We will miss him so. Farewell Hunter, may you resurface again in a far better time...