Wenner and Corey Seymour, Sandy declares, “The only way to say it is that I was just gone. Reflecting on first falling for Hunter in Gonzo: The Life of Hunter S. The two met through mutual friends in New York City in 1958. Sandy Thompson (nee Conklin now Sondi Wright) was Hunter’s first wife. – Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail ‘72 “To Sandy, who endured almost a year of grim exile in Washington, DC while this book was being written.” His masterpiece Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, for example, is in part dedicated to Bob Geiger “for reasons that need not be explained here.” Those reasons are explained below. He was sitting at the kitchen table, where he did much of his writing.īefore his death, Thompson had published 15 books-some journalism, some fiction, many his own brand of the two, which a friend dubbed “gonzo journalism.” Throughout those works, Thompson pays tribute to his family, friends and influences, often through dedications, although sometimes in exceedingly vague terms. Relax-This won’t hurt.įour days later, Thompson shot himself. Instead, the then 67-year-old author composed a typewritten note addressed to himself: Football season had just ended, which always left him morose, but he was also suffering from surgery-related pain in his hip and back, which made walking difficult-to say nothing of his favorite activities, swimming and blowing things up. Thompson was sitting in his home in Woody Creek, Colorado.

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