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Hunter Stockton Thompson (July 18, 1937 – February 20, 2005) was an American journalist and author. He rose to prominence with the publication of Hell's Angels (1967), a book for which he spent a year living with the Hells Angels motorcycle club to write a first-hand account of their lives and experiences.
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Apr 3, 2014 · Birth Country: United States. Gender: Male. Best Known For: Counterculture icon Hunter S. Thompson was an American journalist best known for writing 1971's 'Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas'...
Apr 26, 2024 · Hunter S. Thompson (born July 18, 1937, Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.—died February 20, 2005, Woody Creek, Colorado) was an American journalist and author who created the genre known as gonzo journalism, a highly personal style of reporting that made Thompson a counterculture icon.
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Dec 12, 2019 · By. Jeffrey Somers. Updated on December 12, 2019. Hunter S. Thompson emerged from the late 1960s counter-culture as the first of a new breed of journalist who eschewed old rules of objectivity and formal writing.
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Feb 21, 2005 · February 21, 2005. Hunter S. Thompson Michael Ochs Archives/GettyImages. Hunter S. Thompson, the dean of gonzo journalism and a longtime contributor to Rolling Stone, died Sunday in his...
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Jul 18, 2019 · Hunter S. Thompson: How the Writer Became a Legend. (Sub)Culture. How Hunter S. Thompson Became a Legend. He had a briefcase of drugs and a supreme command of language – and as he...
Feb 22, 2005 · Hunter S. Thompson, the anger-driven, drug-fueled writer for Rolling Stone magazine whose obscenity-laced prose broke down the wall between reader and writer, writer and subject, shot and...
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