Newsday
Author
William Kennedy got a call from
Hunter S. Thompson two weeks ago, complaining about unspecified pains, reports
Dennis Duggan. Yesterday, Kennedy talked to Thompson's son, Juan. "He said that his father wanted a church funeral and he had asked that his ashes be shot out of a cannon," says Kennedy. Hunter Thompson was a great companion. He was very smart, and he had a wild and crazy way about him that was great fun. He was also very serious about literature, and he was a helluva writer."
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"He was hurting real bad for a long time," says friend (Newsday)
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"He was the wild man of American journalism," says prof (Newsday)
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Hard to believe a guy so full of p-and-v would kill himself (David Corn)
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Thompson was charming, unpredictable, and slightly unhinged (MH)
