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Las Vegas is the savage heart of the American Dream.
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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It was obvious that he was a man who marched through life to the rhythms of some drum I would never hear.
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Nixon was so crooked that he needed servants to help him screw his pants on every morning.
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