Hunter S. Thompson was one of this country’s most original and inspiring writers. He lived his life as if it were a work of art – an honest, dynamic, gut-wrenching volume of jungle prose. He was both a journalist and a creative force of nature.
There will never be another like him.
Reading the comments section somewhere about the death of Jesse Helms, I was prompted to revisit Thompson’s obit of Richard Nixon from Rolling Stone (reprinted in the Atlantic) here:
http://www.theatlantic.com/unbound/graffiti/crook.htm
Man, that guy could write!
Wow! Thanks for that.