Gonzo

On the 20th of Feb 2005 HST was found dead in his home in Aspen, Colorado with a self-inflicted gun-shot wound to the head. It is said that this way he was the instigator of his own demise, rather than being in the hands of God. The man was his own God and creator of his own destiny, truly having the strength of character that most of us only dream of. Not many of us would kill ourselves in order to be the publisher of our own ending as opposed to letting someone else write it for us. Arguably suicide is the cowards way out, but I cant fault one of the greatest ever people who ever existed in this realm of reality. Plus, the man did what he wanted his whole Goddamn life and it makes perfect sense to buck the system one more time right at the last - depsite society's conventions and the sheer gutting horror faced by people who admire him. It is always hard to get over a tragic loss but I never knew him anyway, so the only way I could connect with him was through his work which will always live on. It was just good to know he was out there, he existed. It was this that was inspirational, now what inspires me is that his immortality is all the more real now he's dead. Hunter's dead, long live Dr. Gonzo...





