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2/23 Apparently Hunter S. Thompson's ashes will be shot out of a cannon,
per his request.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7018054
\_ that's almost as cool as a Viking funeral. - danh
\_ According to Ralph Steadman, the cannon is supposed to be
100 feet of chromed steel with a big red "gonzo fist" on top.
\_ I recall an Iain Banks book ("The Firm") where one of their high
level guys has himself set up on a Viking long boat on a Scottish
lake when he dies, and the whole thing is packed with explosives
and ignited via flaming arrow. Then there's this:
http://tinyurl.com/6hgm6 Whatever, it all rocks. -John |
| www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7018054 BOOKS Thompsons suicide not an impulse, friend says Author had been dealing with host of physical problems Image: Thompson Kathy Willens / AP Hunter S Thompson's family is looking into whether Thompsons cremated r emains can be blasted out of a cannon, a wish the gun-loving writer ofte n expressed, according to a family spokesman. Click Here Douglas Brinkley, a historian and author who edited some of Thompsons wo rk, said the founder of gonzo journalism shot himself Sunday night aft er weeks of pain from a host of physical problems that included a broken leg and a hip replacement. I think he made a conscious decision that he had an incredible run of 67 years, lived the way he wanted to, and wasnt going to suffer the indig nities of old age, Brinkley said in a telephone interview from Aspen. He was not going to let anybody dictate how he was going to die. Thompson, famous for the book Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and other works of New Journalism, spent an intimate weekend with his family, the spokesman said. His son, Juan, daughter-in-law, Jennifer, and young gran dson, William, were visiting from Denver. Writer's suicide not an impulse, friend says He was trying to really bond and be close to the family before his suic ide, Brinkley said. Family members had no hint that Thompson planned to take his own life, Br inkley said, and he did not leave a note. Brinkley said Thompsons son and grandson were the only other people in t he home at the time of the shooting. Juan Thompson said he heard a noise that sounded like a book hitting the floor, ran to the kitchen and foun d his father dead, Brinkley said. Thompsons wife of two years, Anita, was at a health club. The family is looking into whether Thompsons cremated remains can be bla sted out of a cannon, a wish the gun-loving writer often expressed, Brin kley said. The optimal, best-case scenario is the ashes will be shot out of a canno n, he said. Sales of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and other Thompson favorites ha ve soared since his death. com as of Wednesday and publisher Vintage Books has ordered a significant reprinting. We usually sell about 60,000-70,000 copies a year of that book and our n ext printing will be close to that total, Vintage spokesman Russell Per reault said. Other Thompson books selling well include Hells Angels, Fear and Loat hing: On the Campaign Trail 72 and Hey Rube. This material may not b e published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. |
| tinyurl.com/6hgm6 -> www.azod.com/shooting/Archive/2004/Q1/Husbands%20ashes%20used%20for%20shotgun%20cartridges.htm Clubs/Organizations | Husband's ashes used for shotgun cartridges By Auslan Cramb The London Telegraph (England) February 16, 2004 The widow of an expert on vintage shotguns had her husband's ashes loaded into cartridges and used by friends for the last shoot of the season. Joanna Booth organized the shoot for 20 close friends on an estate in Abe rdeenshire after asking a cartridge company to mix the ashes of her husb and James with traditional shot. A total of 275 12-bore cartridges were produced from the mix and were ble ssed by a minister before they were used to bag pheasants, partridges, d ucks and a fox on Brucklay Estate. Mrs Booth, of Streatham, south London, said it was a marvelous day out an d her husband would have loved it. "It was not his dying wish, but I rem embered that he had read somewhere that someone had had their ashes load ed into cartridges and he thought it was very funny. "One of our friends, a woman who had never shot before, got four partridg es with James's marked cartridges." Mr Booth, an independent sporting and vintage gun specialist for Sotheby' s in London, died two years ago, aged 50, after 18 months in a coma foll owing severe food poisoning. Julian McHardy, of the Caledonian Cartridge Company in Brechin, Angus, sa id it was the first request he had received to put ashes in shotgun cart ridges. "He was loaded in our Caledonian Classic, a 28 gramme load, No 6 shot with degradable plastic wadding." Before the first drive, the cartridges were blessed by the Rev Alistair D onald, the Church of Scotland minister from the nearby village of New De er, who said he had no qualms. "It was a perfectly normal scattering of ashes, a few words and prayers. The special cartridges accounted for 70 partridges, 23 pheasants, seven d ucks and a fox on Jan 31. |