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February 24, 2005

Hunter Thompson Wants To Be Blasted from Cannon

Posted by Eric at 10:02 am. Filed under: General

Creative post-mortem wish from Hunter Thompson.

Hunter S. Thompson, the “gonzo journalist” with a penchant for drugs, guns and flame-thrower prose, might have one more salvo in store for everyone: Friends and relatives want to blast his ashes out of a cannon, just as he wished.

Interestingly, after his death, sales of his 6 year old book, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, skyrocketed to #15 on Amazon’s chart.

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