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With the truth so dull and depressing, the only working alternative is wild bursts of madness and filigree.
Hunter S. Thompson
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Hunter S. Thompson
Age: 67 †
Born: 1937
Born: July 18
Died: 2005
Died: February 20
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Hunter Stockton Thompson
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