Still thinking about Hunter S. Thompson's death...Killed himself with a shotgun it seems. Got me thinking how some of the toughest exteriors hide the most brittle interiors.
A problem with many boys growing up is that they're never taught how to express emotion and therefore never learn how to deal with feelings in a constructive matter. They are left to cope the best way they know how and often it is not sufficient to get them through adulthood.
Thompson also seemed to be a product of his times. Talk and walk tough. Show the world the man and then end it all in a blaze of...something.
I will be re-reading many of his books over the next few weeks.
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