Fear and Loathing Writer Kills Himself ; Hunter S Thompson, the Pioneer of 'Gonzo Journalism', Is Dead at 67

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HUNTER S THOMPSON, the chronicler of American counterculture and pioneer of "gonzo journalism", has killed himself at his home.

The author of the 1972 classic Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas - later filmed with Johnny Depp playing the role of Thompson - was 67. He shot himself in Colorado.

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Fear and Loathing Writer Kills Himself ; Hunter S Thompson, the Pioneer of 'Gonzo Journalism', Is Dead at 67

His son Juan, who found the body last night, said: " On 20 February, Dr Hunter S Thompson took his life with a gunshot to the...

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