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  1. 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. In 1970, he wrote an unconventional ...

  2. 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'...

  3. Apr 26, 2024 · Hunter S. Thompson 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. He is best known for the contemporary classic Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1971).

  4. Jul 18, 2019 · How Hunter S. Thompson Became a Legend. He had a briefcase of drugs and a supreme command of language – and as he defined his legacy at Rolling Stone, he changed journalism in the process. By...

  5. Feb 21, 2005 · Hunter S. Thompson, the dean of gonzo journalism and a longtime contributor to Rolling Stone, died Sunday in his Colorado home of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. He was 67.

  6. 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.

  7. Jul 19, 2017 · Hunter S. Thompson first gained fame with his investigation into the Hells Angels. The trip became less about covering the race and more of, in Thompsons words, “a savage journey into...

  8. Hunter S. Thompson was born on 18 July 1937 in Louisville, Kentucky, USA. He was a writer and actor, known for Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998), The Rum Diary (2011) and Gonzo (2008). He was married to Anita Thompson and Sondi Wright. He died on 20 February 2005 in Aspen, Colorado, USA.

  9. Feb 22, 2005 · Hunter S. Thompson, Outlaw Journalist, Is Dead at 67. By Michael Slackman. Feb. 22, 2005. Hunter S. Thompson, the anger-driven, drug-fueled writer for Rolling Stone magazine whose...

  10. Nov 18, 2007 · Hunter Thompson was born in Louisville, Ky., in 1937 and, from adolescence on, seemed intent on becoming a classic American Literary Character, part of the outlaw slipstream that produced Whitman ...

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