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February 21, 2005
Misguided Hero Worship
I have enjoyed the writing of Hunter Thompson and am very sad that he was so tortured that suicide became an acceptable option.
Lets take a realistic look at his life though. Here is a man who took the amazing gift that he had and watered it down with booze and dope. It is sad that we will never realize the things that he could have done if he had not spent decades dulling his senses.
I know the drill, "he was able to write because of the drugs", "this is what made him creative", these are the kind of
arguments that have glamorized the wasted lifes of Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendricks, Jim Morrison, the list goes on and on. The sad part of this
is that Thompson, and many others, surround themselves with people who
claim they love them, while allowing them to slowly kill themselves.
I am greatly saddened at a life and talent wasted today, I mourn the loss of what might have been, but will not celebrate the choices this man made with his life. I will however celebrate the life of John Raitt! Here is a man who took his gifts and ran.
Here he is with the delightful Doris Day in the Pajama Game. Raitt also starred in Carousel, Oklahoma and Annie Get Your Gun, to name just a few. One of the greatest things he gave to the world was the rocking voice of his daughter Bonnie Raitt!
He will be missed, and celebrated.
Posted by JimG at February 21, 2005 11:25 PM
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