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2/25/2005 Eulogy for Hunter S.
Hunter S. Thompson killed himself this week. I know it may be hard for some of you to believe but he was actually my inspiration for getting into journalism. I read my first book by him when I was 17.
I'm left a little stunned and very saddened by his death but I guess it should really be no surprise. In an essay that he wrote about Hemingway, "What Lured Hemingway to Ketchum?," that's getting a lot of blog play right now Thompson wrote: "He was an old, sick and very troubled man, and the illusion of peace and contentment was not enough for him. ... So finally, and for what he must have thought the best of reasons, he ended it with a shotgun." So maybe Thompson approached the end of his life in the same way, faced with the options, he chose the one he thought best.
Over at blogcritics they've got a couple of torrents available for download that are of a couple of Hunter's speaking engagements. Also a eulogy of sorts.
Since Hemingway was mentioned, here's a great quote from him:
They wrote in the old days that it is sweet and fitting to die for one’s country. But in modern war, there is nothing sweet nor fitting in your dying. You will die like a dog for no good reason.
~Ernest Hemingway
posted by Nathan Hall at 2/25/2005 03:27:00 AM link |
