July 12, 2005
Hunter Thompson's Last Wish Granted
Gonzo in Space: Hunter Thompson Gets Wish, Ashes to be Fired Out Of Cannon in August
NEW YORK The long-awaited firing of gonzo writer Hunter S. Thompson's ashes into space from a cannon will take place August 20 from behind his home in Woody Creek, Colo., near Aspen.
Actor Johnny Depp has arranged the event through a Beverly Hills, Ca. "event planner," reports the Denver Post.
The remains of the late writer will be blasted from the top of a 150-foot temporary tower exactly six months after his suicide by gunshot.
Neighbors and family members have reportedly gone along with the idea, and the required official okays have been secured.
Depp has promised to make sure private security keeps the public out.
related: Hunter S.Thompson links
~You think he would've asked his friends and family to partake of his (finely ground) ashes in various snortable and smokable psycho-active substances.
By the way, the 'public' Johnny Depp promises to use private security to keep out are people like you and me. Don't you feel special? Being excluded as a matter of record?
Not that keeping the public at bay is untypical of Hunter Thompson's life. One doesn't live in Woody Creek, Colorado, near Aspen, to get up-close and personal with the masses. More to the point, isn't there something about drug abuse that's anti-egalitarian? "Liberty", certainly. "Fraternity" and "Equality'..not so much, not nearly as important.
Thompson's 'Lee Harvey Oswald' Pose
[image via google/ not with above]