as God rolls his eyes.........
I can't help it.... suicide is wrong!

I don't think it was "chicken shit" at all. He owed no one nothing.

Tell that to his family.

I don't think it was "chicken shit" at all. He owed no one nothing.

Yeah, it was a pretty chicken shit thing for him to do.

Yeah, it was a pretty chicken shit thing for him to do.

And I have experienced the horror, too. My father at least had the "decency" to do it in the basement. And he lived to try it again another day.

Thanks...bye for now God Bless... :goodvibes: peace to you

In MY book, God forgives. Period. We should, too.

well now that you put it that way...I'll keep that in mind I'm still not at peace..But I'm better thanks.... I pray that God felt the same way too...

Hunter S. Thompson, the "gonzo journalist" with a penchant for drugs, guns and flamethrower prose, might have one more salvo in store for everyone: Friends and relatives want to blast his ashes out of a cannon, just as he wished.

"If that's what he wanted, we'll see if we can pull it off," said Douglas Brinkley, a friend and now the family's spokesman.

Thompson, who committed suicide at his Aspen-area home Sunday at age 67, said several times he wanted an artillery send-off for his remains.

"There's no question, I'm sure that's what he would want," said Mike Cleverly, a longtime friend and neighbor. "Hunter truly loved that kind of thing."

Colorado fireworks impresario Marc Williams said it's doable. "Oh, sweet. I'd love to. I would so love to," said Williams, 44, owner of Night Musick Inc. in suburban Denver and a fan of Thompson's writing.

Williams said it's not uncommon for families to have their loved one's ashes scattered across the sky in a fireworks shell, though his company has never done it.

If the Thompson job was his, Williams said, he'd probably blast the ashes from a 12-inch-diameter mortar 800 feet into the sky. Then a second, window-rattling blast would scatter them amid a massive blossom of color about 600 feet across. "If you were going to light up a flash-bomb worthy of Hunter S. Thompson, you'd want to make it an earth-shaker," Williams said.

Thompson's wife, Anita, and son, Juan, are looking into the cannon scenario, said Brinkley, a Tulane University historian who has edited some of Thompson's work.

Brinkley also said Thompson did not take his life "in a moment of haste or anger or despondency" but probably planned his suicide well in advance because of his declining health. The author of books including Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas was in pain from a host of physical problems that included a broken leg and a hip replacement.

"I think he made a conscious decision that he had an incredible run of 67 years, lived the way he wanted to, and wasn't going to suffer the indignities of old age," Brinkley said in a telephone interview from Aspen. "He was not going to let anybody dictate how he was going to die."

Thompson had spent an intimate weekend with his son, daughter-in-law Jennifer and young grandson William, the spokesman said.

"He was trying to really bond and be close to the family" before his suicide, Brinkley said. "This was not just an act of irrationality. It was a very preplanned act."

Family members had no hint that Thompson planned to take his own life, Brinkley said, and he did not leave a note. "There was no farewell salutation," he said.

Sales of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and other Thompson favorites have soared since his death. Fear and Loathing" was No. 15 on Amazon.com as of Wednesday and publisher Vintage Books has ordered a "significant" reprinting.

"We usually sell about 60,000 to 70,000 copies a year of that book and our next printing will be close to that total," Vintage spokesman Russell Perreault said. Other Thompson books selling well include Hell's Angels, Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail '72 and Hey Rube.

I think the saddest part, other than us losing Hunter, was the WAY he chose to die. Imagine walking in and finding him, blood everywhere. Cleaning up a relative's brain matter is no task for family. I speak from experience, as my father-in-law shot himself and his wife found him. Unspeakable.

Hunter was an egocentrist, so his decision made perfect sense from his standpoint. And at least his family has the consolation of knowing he died exactly as he wished to. Like you, I don't really believe in suicide, but I feel sure Hunter's belief system supported his action, so we have to accept that.

yes I have to agree..But my conflict
comes from who are any of us to decide when and how to die....its just completly aganist everything believe in...you know what I mean..
actually even a little arrogant

I think the saddest part, other than us losing Hunter, was the WAY he chose to die. Imagine walking in and finding him, blood everywhere. Cleaning up a relative's brain matter is no task for family. I speak from experience, as my father-in-law shot himself and his wife found him. Unspeakable.

Thank you I watched it...

It was sad....I still don't understand...WHY! people keep speculating that he was in pain due to a broke leg and hip replacment...But we are talking about a man who could get any drug he wanted and it would have kept him out of pain, maybe it was the depression that comes with addiction?
I still can't except it.....The one thing I know for sure is that suicide is not the answer to any problem...Now I am not only sad but angry too..

what a loss.... He left us way too soon...

ONE HOUR SPECIAL on Biography Channel, Monday March 7 @ 9:00 PM EST on the life and times of Gonzo.