Trays of mint juleps

That's the way to go.

Writer lights up crowd in grand finale

By Jeff Kass, Rocky Mountain News
August 22, 2005

WOODY CREEK - Ho Ho.

That was one of Hunter S. Thompson's favorite expressions and what he might have said Saturday night as his ashes - mixed with fireworks and shot over a 153-foot fist sculpture - sprinkled an awestruck crowd of close friends and family holding champagne glasses and seeped into the rustic property he called his "psychic anchor."

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Fist symbols were projected into the sky like Batman logos, and a decorative peyote button embedded in the fist-shaped monument pulsed blue, orange, red and green.

Boulders surrounded the tower, and Thompson's "red shark" - a red Chevy convertible - was parked nearby. The passenger and driver seats were occupied by blow-up sex dolls. Bob Dylan's Mr. Tambourine Man, as the gonzo journalist had requested, played after his ashes were launched.

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Trays of mint juleps - a nod to Thompson's Kentucky roots - greeted visitors who walked up a stairway and into the bar area. A portrait-sized photo of Thompson holding a dagger was surrounded by images of the most influential writers in his life, such as Joseph Conrad and Mark Twain.

The cremated remains of writer Hunter S. Thompson explode amid fireworks over his 42-acre Woody Creek property.

The director of Breakfast with Hunter, a documentary about HST, was on hand to film it. Wonder if they'll be a follow-up documentary...



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