Well I admit initial surprise when I heard he died but when I found out it was suicide a scant few seconds later, I nodded to myself. It is a horrible thing for sure.
He was a degenerate madman to some and a literary hero to others some thought he was both. I just know that everytime I was angry at what the hell was going on in this Country I KNEW Hunter felt the same. How did I know? Because he had no trouble telling the world how he felt in the loudest of voices and it was grand when he did. From the incorrigible kid who faked his way into a newspaper job in the service so he didn\'t have to work so hard and the crazy bastard he became in the 60\'s and \'70\'s to the elder scribe who made sure we as Americans were never TOTALLY complacent he always told it like it was maybe alittle embellished but always entertaining and if you were paying attention, informative. I\'ll miss reading his work for sure.
