Zen Curmudgeon
04-05-2005, 04:03 PM
As we approach Friday's funeral for Pope John Paul, the most elaborate ritual most of us will ever see, plans have been announced for a memorial of another kind: Hunter S. Thompson's wish to have his ashes blasted out of a cannon from his home near Aspen.
Thompson Ashes to Be Shot From Cannon
By DAN ELLIOTT, Associated Press Writer
DENVER - Hunter S. Thompson's ashes will be blasted from a cannon mounted inside a 53-foot-high sculpture of the journalist's "gonzo fist" emblem, his wife said Tuesday.
The cannon shot, planned sometime in August on the grounds of his Aspen-area home, will fulfill the writer's long-cherished wish.
"It's expensive, but worth every penny," Anita Thompson said. "I'd like to have several explosions. He loved explosions.
I sure am gonna miss Dr. Thompson.
Take Care -
ZC
Thompson Ashes to Be Shot From Cannon
By DAN ELLIOTT, Associated Press Writer
DENVER - Hunter S. Thompson's ashes will be blasted from a cannon mounted inside a 53-foot-high sculpture of the journalist's "gonzo fist" emblem, his wife said Tuesday.
The cannon shot, planned sometime in August on the grounds of his Aspen-area home, will fulfill the writer's long-cherished wish.
"It's expensive, but worth every penny," Anita Thompson said. "I'd like to have several explosions. He loved explosions.
I sure am gonna miss Dr. Thompson.
Take Care -
ZC