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Hunter Stockton Thompson was an American journalist and author, and the founder of the gonzo journalism movement. He first rose to prominence with the publication of Hell's Angels (1967), a book for which he spent a year living and riding with the Hells Angels motorcycle gang in order to write a first-hand account of the lives and experiences of its members.
Birth Name
Hunter Stockton Thompson
Born
Sunday, 18 July 1937
Died
Sunday, 20 February 2005