The Dear Hunter
Legendary "gonzo" journailst Dr. Hunter S. Thompson took his own life yesterday at his home in Colorado. He was 67.

From The New York Times: "It was in the heat of deadline that gonzo journalism was born while he was writing a story about the Kentucky Derby... 'I'd blown my mind, couldn't work... So finally I just started jerking pages out of my notebook and numbering them and sending them to the printer. I was sure it was the last article I was ever going to do for anybody.'"

"Instead, he said, the story drew raves and he was inundated with letters and phone calls from people calling it "a breakthrough in journalism," an experience he likened to 'falling down an elevator shaft and landing in a pool of mermaids.'"

* The Black Table's Eric Gillin and Will Leitch document their experience meeting Thompson.

* The Great Thompson Hunt (a fansite) links relevant news articles and other information.

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