One of the truly weird and powerful people in the world is now gone from it. By several reports he did the deed himself with a gunshot to the head. Somewhat appropriate, given that he had spent 67 years demonstrating that nothing *else* in the world could kill him.
When I was little, I burrowed my way into my parents collection of Doonesbury comics. My favorite character was Duke, loosely modeled off of Hunter T. I think that “Hells Angels” may have been the only book that my parents ever took out of my hands for a couple of years, saying that I was too young for it. He was wild and crazy and fearless and truly lived free.
I hope that someone will look after his peacocks, and that similarly free people keep pushing back the boundaries of what’s okay to think and to say.
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