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• Hunter S. Thompson was a well known 20th century journalist most famous for founding Gonzo Journalism and his book Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas which was adapted to film in 1998. He began calling himself Dr. Thompson after purchasing a doctorate in Theology from a church by mail order. He was 67 when he died.

  Thompson wrote over fifteen books as well as contributing to Rolling Stone Magazine, ESPN, Esquire, The New York Times, Playboy, San Francisco Examiner, TIME, and Vanity Fair.

• Fast Facts

  1. Name: Hunter Stockton Thompson
  2. Born: July 18, 1937
  3. Died: February 20, 2005 (aged 67)
  4. Birthplace: Louisville, Kentucky
  5. Literary genre: Gonzo Journalism
  6. Cause of death: Suicide
  7. First wife: Sandra Dawn Conklin
  8. Second wife: Anita Thompson
  9. Greatly opposed President Richard Nixon

• Gonzo Journalism

  Hunter S. Thompson is credited with being the creator of Gonzo Journalism, a form of journalism where the reporter includes him or herself into the story. The term Gonzo was first used in 1970 by Bill Cardoso, and editor at the Boston Globe

• Thompson in Film

  A documentary, Gonzo: The Life and Times of Hunter S. Thompson, is due in theaters, July 4, 2008. Written and directed by Alex Gibney of Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room, the film has been reviewed by Variety as "the definitive docu treatment" of Thompson's life.Variety.com: 'Gonzo: The Life and Work...' film review Previous film portrayals have included 1998's Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas—starring Johnny Depp as Thompson—and 1980's Where the Buffalo Roam, in which Bill Murray plays the writer.

• Selected Works

  • 1966: Hells Angels: A Strange and Terrible Saga
  • 1971: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream
  • 1973: Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail '72
  • 1983: The Curse of Lono
  • 1989: The Rum Diary : A Novel
  • 1997: Mistah Leary - He Dead (Limited to 300 Copies)
  • 2000: Screw-jack:and other stories
  • 2003: Kingdom of Fear: Loathsome Secrets of a Star-Crossed Child in the Final Days of the American Century
  • 2004: Hey Rube: Blood Sport, the Bush Doctrine, and the Downward Spiral of Dumbness Modern History from the Sports Desk

• Quotes

  Fiction is based on reality unless you're a fairy-tale artist, you have to get your knowledge of life from somewhere. You have to know the material you're writing about before you alter it http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3404272/

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  Bill Murray | Johnny Depp | Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas | The Rum Diary | Hell's Angels | Gonzo Journalism | Rolling Stone Magazine | Richard Nixon | Kingdom of Fear | Matt Taibbi

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