Anita Thompson

Anita Thompson is the widow of gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson, who died in 2005 from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Fast Facts

1. Birth Name: Anita Bejmuk
2. Birthplace: Fort Collins, Colorado
3. Birthday: September 27, 1972
4. Literary Genre: Non-Fiction
5. Inherited and lives in Thompson's old home, Owl Creek Farm
6. Founder, The Woody Creeker
7. Parents were Polish immigrants
8. Education: 2 years at a private school in Laguno, Switzerland and a year at Cheshire Academy in Connecticut, studied at UCLA but never graduated

Career

After leaving UCLA Anita Thompson worked as a fundraiser in San Francisco for the Sierra Group. She returned to Fort Collins and worked at a ski store and as a nanny for various families.

In 1999 Anita Thompson began working for Hunter S. Thompson as his assistant doing photocopying and research. She moved in with him in 2000 and three years later they married.

After his death she has carried on his work publishing a magazine The Woody Creeker and authoring the book The Gonzo Way: A Celebration of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson that pays tribute to her late husband.

Notable Works

• 2007: The Gonzo Way: A Celebration of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson

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