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(Hunter also had a much older half-brother, James Thompson, Jr, from his father's first marriage. Hunter and his brothers, Davison Wheeler (born June 18, 1940) and James Garnet (FebruMarch 25, 1993), were raised by their mother. On July 3, 1952, when Thompson was 14 years old, his father, aged 58, died of myasthenia gravis. On December 2, 1943, when Thompson was six years old, the family settled at 2437 Ransdell Avenue, in the Cherokee Triangle neighborhood of The Highlands. His parents were introduced to each other by a friend from Jack's fraternity at the University of Kentucky in September 1934, and were married on November 2, 1935. Thompson was born in Louisville, Kentucky, the first of three sons, to Jack Robert Thompson (September 4, 1893, Horse Cave, Kentucky July 3, 1952, Louisville), a public insurance adjuster and World War I veteran, and Virginia Ray Davison (1908, Springfield, Kentucky March 20, 1998, Louisville), a librarian. While suffering a bout of health problems, he committed suicide in 2005, at the age of 67. He is known also for his unrepentant lifelong use of alcohol, LSD, mescaline, and cocaine (among other substances) his love of firearms his inveterate hatred of Richard Nixon and his iconoclastic contempt for authoritarianism. He is credited as the creator of Gonzo journalism, a style of reporting where reporters involve themselves in the action to such a degree that they become central figures of their stories. Excerpt: Hunter Stockton Thompson (JFebruary 20, 2005) was an American journalist and author who wrote Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1971) and Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72 (1973). Thompson, Breakfast with Hunter, Fear and Loathing on the Road to Hollywood. Chapters: Gonzo journalism, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Where the Buffalo Roam, Spider Jerusalem, Uncle Duke, Oscar Zeta Acosta, The Rum Diary, Ralph Steadman, Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - Source: Wikipedia.

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