Hunter S Thompson commits suicide
Hunter S Thompson, the American counterculture writer, has been found dead at his home in Colorado.
Thompson’s son, Juan, found his body. He said the 67-year-old shot himself.
He is best-known for his 1972 account of a drug-addled Nevada trip, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. Other books are Hells Angels and Generation of Swine.
Thompson pioneered “gonzo journalism”, a factual style in which the writer was an essential part of the story, and was an acute observer of American life.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4282865.stm
That’s a really shitty start to the week.