Hunter S. Thompson, the creator of "gonzo" journalism and one of the most
influential modern-day journalists in America, was found dead Sunday of a
single self-inflicted gunshot wound; he was 67. Thompson's son, Juan,
discovered the body at Thompson's home outside Aspen, CO, where the author
lived with his wife, Anita, who was not home at the time. A self-styled rebel
who lived hard and fast (it could be said he created the model for hard and
fast living), Thompson helped pioneer the concept of New Journalism, in which
a writer inserted himself into a story and relayed his experiences in the
first person. Thompson's most notable achievement in this medium was 1972's
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, which detailed his drug-influenced escapades
in the desert city; Johnny Depp later starred as Thompson's alter ego, Raoul
Duke, in Terry Gilliam's 1998 film adaptation. Writing for Rolling Stone
magazine, Thompson became a notorious counterculture figure in the early 70s,
lambasting the Nixon administration and other politicians; he was also the
model for Garry Trudeau's "Uncle Duke" character in the comic strip
Doonesbury. Though he continued writing and living a hard-core lifestyle that
would have been the undoing of men half his age, Thompson was always most
well-known for Fear and Loathing as well as the film Where the Buffalo Roam,
where the writer was portrayed by a young Bill Murray. Thompson is survived
by his wife and son; no statement has been released as to whether the author
left a suicide note. --Prepared by IMDb staff
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如果大家有看過Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
裏面 Johnny演的就是這一位Hunter S. Thompson
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