AKA: Dr Hunter S Thompson, Hunter Thompson, Hunter Stockton Thompson
Birthdate: 07/18/1937
Birthplace: Kentucky, USA
Death Date: 02/20/2005
biography
Wild, eccentric and fueled by copious amounts of drugs and alcohol, Dr. Hunter S. Thompson emerged from the 1960’s as the pioneer of gonzo journalism—a style of reporting devoid of objectivity where he injected himself into a story and allowed his drug-addled and often criminal behavior to become its focus. But his stories were more than mere first person reportage—they became mind-bending excursions into the heart of darkness of America. Whether it was riding with the Hell’s Angels, lamenting Richard Nixon as a purveyor of evil or barreling toward Las Vegas in a red Cadillac with the top
While enlisted he began his journalism career, as a sports writer and editor for the Eglin Air Force Base Newsletter
1959
Worked for Time magazine as a copy boy
1959
Moved to Puerto Rico, where his experiences became the subject of his first completed novel, "The Rum Diary," written in 1959, but not published until 1998
1959
Worked as a Caribbean correspondent for the New York Herald Tribune
1961
Became the South American correspondent for the National Observer
