"slenon" wrote in message
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It is my sincere hope that this was an end with which he was at peace,
and that he left on the crest. This end would seem out of place, violent
and lonely, with anyone except HST.
--
TL,
Tim

I would suspect that it was violent and lonely for him as well. The
winter sunlight is scarce in the Roaring Fork valley and cabin fever or
valley fever is rampant and vicious if one has SAD or other depressive
tendencies. When I worked down river in Glenwood Springs Feb and Mar were
brutal months with elevated suicide and domestic violence reported. We
frequently heard tales of gunfire in a home in Woody Creek from our
friends in the Aspen hospital and others who lived up river. This doesn't
surprise me at all.


Of couse we can't know for sure, at least unless something is found written,
but I suspect that he knew for years that the end would eventually come at
his own hand. No reason for that belief, but its what I think.

I also was very startled to see how much he had aged between the publicity
pics of him with Johnny Depp at the opening of FALILV, and some recent pic
of him getting out of Kerry's limo during a motorcade earlier this year.
Might be that he just figured that he was wearing out pretty quickly and it
was time. At least, I hope it was that structured. It'd be a damn shame if
SAD got him....for him, his wife AND his wounded secretary.

On a completely other note, he kept peacocks. Wouldn't it be totally cool to
get some HST Peacock hurl and tie up a Fear and Loathing fly? Any ideas of
what it would look like?

--riverman