To McKeen, the Boston University professor, there were two huge influences on a young Thompson’s life in Louisville: the ...

Hunter S. Thompson, the legendary and eccentric inventor of "gonzo journalism," was found dead Sunday in his home near Aspen, Colo. He died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound at the age of 67.

Author and journalist Hunter S. Thompson gives a speech during a peace rally against the Iraqi War in Aspen, Colo., in this Feb. 2, 2003, file photo. Photo courtesy of Bob Braudis.

Hunter S. Thompson: The man. The myth. The legend.All facets of the counterculture writer’s real and imagined life are explored onstage in Joe Iconis and Gregory S. Moss’ musical &#8220… ...

Writer Hunter S. Thompson ran for sheriff of Pitkin County, Colorado in 1970 in a self-described ‘freak’ campaign chronicled in Fear and Loathing in Aspen, directed by Bobby Kennedy III (Bobby ...

The author is remembered more for his persona than for his writing—which is a shame. AP Images. If you talk to people who knew Hunter S. Thompson, born 74 years ago this week, ...

David S. Wills, author of “High White Notes: The Rise and Fall of Gonzo Journalism,” poses in front of a red car, with Hunter S. Thompson’s childhood home in the background.

Anita Thompson still slips into the present tense when she talks about her marriage to the legendary writer Hunter S. Thompson, and how her life plunged into a nightmare when he committed suicide ...

Hunter S. Thompson's ashes will be blasted from a cannon mounted inside a 53-foot-high sculpture of the ... will fulfill the writer's long-cherished wish. "It's expensive, but worth every penny ...

Illustrator Ralph Steadman had never heard of Hunter S. Thompson before he flew to Churchill Downs on assignment to cover the Kentucky Derby. But after an unforgettable, booze-ridden weekend with ...

Hunter S. Thompson, the acerbic counterculture writer who popularized a new form of journalism in books like “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas,” fatally shot himself Sunday night at his Aspen ...