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The best political journalist ever is dead

BillieTheBotBillieTheBot Posts: 8,721 Bot
in Politics & Debate
Yes, this is the second thread I have done about this, but some of you might not venture into Entertainment.

Hunter S Thompson killed himself last night.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Great shame. Didn't know an awful lot about the man, but I read 'Fear and Loathing...' and it is fucking brilliant.

    He seemed a very sharp, clever journo/writer.

    :crying:
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    A great loss :(

    RIP Hunter
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    How tragic. Going to do a search about it on the net now.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    From the stuff I have read of his recently this isnt a massive surprise.

    I think he saw Bush's re-election as a low point for America and the World.

    He was only 67.

    Heres the story;

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/arts/4282865.stm
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I highly recomend ALL of you read 'Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail 72'

    It is the best piece of political writing ever.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    heard this news this morning myself, great shame R.I.P.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I feel really sorry for his son Juan, it must be terrible to find your dad after something like that.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    He wrote an article for The Independent just prior to the American election in which predicted that Bush would lose, no question. I wondered how he'd feel about being proved wrong. Or maybe he was just faking conviction to keep the vote up.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I was reading elsewhere that he had said Bush's re-election had marked a new low point in American history. Perhaps he'd just had enough of it all (can't blame him in a way. I'd have topped myself by now if I were a US citizen).
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Best political journo ever?

    Nope, thats Mark Steyn.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    LOL! The Mystic Meg of Fleet Street.

    Ever read Private Eye Matadore? If you do you will be aware of the countless accurate predictions and analysis Mr Steyn has done over the years... :D
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Private Eye can be funny, but a lot of the drivel inside isnt.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Aladdin wrote:
    Perhaps he'd just had enough of it all (can't blame him in a way. I'd have topped myself by now if I were a US citizen).

    :eek2:
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    The Matadore wrote:
    Best political journo ever?

    Nope, thats Mark Steyn.

    Who?
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Would have said John Pilger is better journalist.

    But farewell to a great writer anyway. RIP.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    The story about him thinking of killing Nixon whilst getting whiskey from the secret service's car boot (filled with tear gas and shotguns) is one the funniest and most truthfully surreal pieces of writings I ever read.

    I guess in the end he wasn't ever going quietly into the night
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    The Matadore wrote:
    Best political journo ever?

    Nope, thats Mark Steyn.
    Steyn wrote one canny article about 'loser' Blair when those sailors were captured by Iran. Other than that, very little.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Apparently he had just had both of his hips replaced and had recently broken his ankle while "executing a hair pin turn by the mini bar".

    He told Ralph Stedman that he would never want to be locked up some where and his body had become that prison.
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