Late Hunter S. Thompson wanted ashes to be fired from a cannon : friend

[On the Road]

LOS ANGELES (AFP) - US author Hunter S. Thompson, who committed suicide last weekend, wanted to exit this world in a style befitting his extraordinary life: being fired from a cannon, a friend revealed.

The larger-than-life writer of "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" stated in his will that he wanted his ashes to be fired out of a cannon following his funeral, plans for which have yet to be announced.

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"I understand it's in his will," said Hooper, associate editor of the Aspen Daily News, based near the Colorado home where Thompson, 67, apparently shot himself on Sunday.

"That's Hunter's style. That's how he would want it. He was a big fan of bonfires and explosions and anything that went bang and I'm sure he'd like to go bang as well," he said.

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I heard him say something like this many years ago in an interview. I was wondering whether it would actually take place. I hope it's on Pay-per-View. He would want the world to watch.
:smoke:

[On the Road]

1. Tick, Tick, Tick...

I have to confess, I thought everyone would be all over this. Maybe it should be in the Lounge. Just goes to show.

[Dr Fate]

2. I am ALL over it- love it!!

RIP- or keep on raising hell-how ever you want to do it Doc!!!

[zann725]

5. Great idea! Has a quirky kind of optimism.

Going out with a bang!

[solinvictus]

3. It fits...

it really fits his sense of the absurd.

[burrowowl]

4. But me

I would state where I wanted the cannon to be fired to spread the ashes: in the wilderness, Washinton DC, Iraq, ... where?

[Matilda]

6. Why not fire it at the White House?

That'll put a scare into Junior.

[burrowowl]

8. When I said Washington DC

I was thinking of the White House.
It needs a cleansing.

[burrowowl]

9. My thought exactly! eom

[DoNotRefill]

7. I wonder how Kentucky would strike him....

I could prolly arrange that....