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Public Send-Off for Hunter Thompson Canceled

By Jeralyn, Section Media
Posted on Wed May 25, 2005 at 09:36:13 PM EST
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There’s been a change of plans. The August 20 public memorial service for gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson, at which his ashes were to be blasted out of a cannon, has been canceled. There will be a private memorial service instead.

“It got too tricky to morph symposium and ashes, so instead there is just the private service,” [planner Doug] Brinkley said Tuesday.

It’s too bad because legions of Hunter fans would have trekked to Aspen for the event.

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    Public Send-Off for Hunter Thompson Canceled | 2 comments (2 topical)
    Re: Public Send-Off for Hunter Thompson Canceled (none / 0) (#1)
    by Che's Lounge on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 12:59:21 PM EST
    It could have been the spark for a new awakening. Alas HST IS a dead breed. No one has the gonzo attitude to just say f*** it and do it anyway. What are they afraid of? I may show up anyway. F**k em. He was a PUBLIC figure. He was an inspiration. And they want to have a symposium? I'll have to get high just to figure out that reasoning.

    Re: Public Send-Off for Hunter Thompson Canceled (none / 0) (#2)
    by Aaron on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 12:59:24 PM EST
    Dr. Hunter S. Thompson was the first and the last of the self-realized freethinking maverick journalists, a true warrior poet. I bow to your legacy Duke, and spark a bowl to the memory of the good doctor.

    Public Send-Off for Hunter Thompson Canceled | 2 comments (2 topical)