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I have always hated bowling, and I don't mind admitting it.
Hunter S. Thompson
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Hunter S. Thompson
Age: 67 †
Born: 1937
Born: July 18
Died: 2005
Died: February 20
Autobiographer
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Louisville
Kentucky
Hunter Stockton Thompson
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Going to trial with a lawyer who considers your whole life-style a Crime in Progress is not a happy prospect.
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