Johnny Depp on Hunter S. Thompson
Filed under: Celebrities and Controversy
We've known for awhile that Johnny Depp was going to be somehow involved in his friend Hunter S. Thompson's memorial service, in which the ashes of the late great chronicler of debauchery are set to be launched from a cannon onto the grounds of his Colorado home. Depp recently announced that he's hired an event planner to handle the details of the private memorial, and, in an interview, explained why he's been so involved: "[Thompson] was a great pal, one of my best friends. We had
talked a couple of times about his last wishes to be shot out of a
cannon of his own design. ... All I'm doing is trying to make sure his
last wish comes true. I just want to send my pal out the way he wants
to go out." The invitation-only ceremony will go down in August, and will be followed by a public memorial event.
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7-13-2005 @ 10:33AM
cel said...
i don't know, somehow hiring an event planner to supervise hunter s. thompson's death fugue seems so very wrong . . . it's so choreographed. "how can we best tame this cannon firing event? hire an event planner."
pretty sad if you ask me.
cel
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7-13-2005 @ 11:33AM
Adam said...
Anyone want get a shitload of fireworks and hide near the compound and after the canon shot light them all off. Seems rirght. Adam
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7-13-2005 @ 11:37AM
Adam said...
Anyone want get a shitload of fireworks and hide near the compound and after the canon shot light them all off. Seems rirght. Adam
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