In December 1959, Thompson wrote to the paper's editor pitching a story about "Louisville Expatriates in New York," including the Yale grad he later wrote about in Puerto Rico.

Hunter S. Thompson would have turned 88 years old today. Let that sink in. Eighty-eight. It’s hard to picture the “Good ...

A tightly wound bundle of everything and its opposite—an anti-authoritarian who ran for sheriff of Aspen, a peace-loving gun nut, an iconoclast who relished winners as much as any football coach—the ...

Here & Now 's Scott Tong speaks with Joe Iconis, playwright and composer, and Eric William Morris, star, of “ The Untitled Unauthorized Hunter S Thompson Musical.” ...

The Untitled Unauthorized Hunter S. Thompson Musical, through July 13 at Signature Theatre in Arlington. 2 hours and 40 minutes with an intermission. sigtheatre.org.

Iconis’s propulsive score is peppered with protest anthems, beat-poet swagger and a recurring rock ’n’ roll hymn to outsiders and misfits. “All hail Hunter S. Thompson,” the ensemble chants.

Hunter S. Thompson, center, is seen during an appearance in Memorial Coliseum at the University of Kentucky in 1980. By Stewart Bowman, The Courier-Journal. Sept. 18, 1980.

What can one say about Hunter S. Thompson, the infamous “Gonzo” journalist who wrote about the Hell’s Angels, The Kentucky Derby, who wrote prolifically in Rolling Stone Magazine and who ...