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samantha connolly

samantha connolly
Name:
GEORGE WASHINGTON!
Age:
32
Gender:
Female
Location:
you spelled "skates" wrong.

Member since September 25th, 2005

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About

i'm SAMANTHA. and i sure do love it when people call me that (:

i love max bemis a whole lot. and i don't eat animals. my friends know who they are. and i always like making new ones!


On August 20, 2005, in a private ceremony, Thompson's ashes were fired from a cannon atop a 153-foot tower of his own design (in the shape of a double-thumbed fist clutching a peyote button) to the tune of Bob Dylan's "Mr. Tambourine Man", known to be the song most respected by the late writer. Red, white, blue and green fireworks were launched along with his ashes. As the city of Aspen would not allow the cannon to remain for more than a month, the cannon has been dismantled and put into storage until a suitable permanent location can be found. According to widow Anita Thompson, the actor Johnny Depp, a close friend of Thompson (and portrayer of Raoul Duke, Thompson's fictional alter ego, in the movie adaptation of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas), financed the funeral. Depp told the Associated Press, "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."

Other famous attendees at the funeral included U.S. Senator John Kerry and former U.S. Senator George McGovern; 60 Minutes correspondent Ed Bradley; actors Bill Murray (who portrayed Hunter S. Thompson in the movie Where the Buffalo Roam), Sean Penn and Josh Hartnett; singers Lyle Lovett and John Oates, The Poet Trip Lucid; and numerous other friends. An estimated 280 people attended the funeral.

The plans for this monument were initially drawn by Thompson and Ralph Steadman and were shown as part of an Omnibus program on the BBC entitled Fear and Loathing in Gonzovision (1978 ). It is included as a special feature on the second disc of the 2003 Criterion Collection DVD release of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (labeled on the DVD as "Fear and Loathing on the Road to Hollywood" ). The video footage of Steadman and Thompson drawing the plans and outdoor footage showing where he wanted the cannon constructed were played prior to the unveiling of his cannon at the funeral.

Douglas Brinkley, a friend and now the family's spokesman, said of the ceremony: "If that's what he wanted, we'll see if we can pull it off."



Comments

  • phantom.

    baddam, ch!
    i took a pill from the year 1970!
    i love you.

    phantom., February 16th, 2008 at 09:03:05pm

  • goodbye blue sky

    Hyvää Ystävänpäivää Georgelle ;)
    Happy Valentine´s day to George ;)
    xx Georgia xx

    goodbye blue sky, February 14th, 2008 at 07:41:13am

  • goodbye blue sky

    "I would die tonight for my beliefs", you know, that has been playing in my head for a while, have you made that picture by yourself?

    goodbye blue sky, February 11th, 2008 at 01:00:21am

  • goodbye blue sky

    haha, hello George :) My name is Georgia.
    How are you?

    goodbye blue sky, February 7th, 2008 at 08:13:03am

  • riceroll.

    hi, I'm bella.
    How`re you?

    riceroll., January 29th, 2008 at 01:23:29pm

  • PunkRoxRebel

    hey wasssssssssupppppppp? i got to meet MCR. i told them about my friend Samantha, who sound like u

    PunkRoxRebel, January 24th, 2008 at 02:41:04pm

  • Meat-Free

    Nice!
    I'm new.. only 5 months.

    Meat-Free, December 19th, 2007 at 11:13:57pm

  • Colorado Sunrise.

    hahaha
    yeah, very.

    Colorado Sunrise., December 18th, 2007 at 04:53:35pm

  • Meat-Free

    Sweet profile.
    You're veggie too?

    Meat-Free, December 16th, 2007 at 02:00:10am

  • Colorado Sunrise.

    AWESOME, im a vegetarian too!

    Colorado Sunrise., December 13th, 2007 at 10:30:56pm

  • Colorado Sunrise.

    my bff's name is Samantha. Although she's kinds screwed in the head lol. Nice profile. just wondering...are u a vegetarian? Add me as a friend kk? Later.

    Colorado Sunrise., December 8th, 2007 at 08:38:25pm

  • daniel radcliffe.

    hello.
    =]

    daniel radcliffe., December 2nd, 2007 at 08:36:54pm

  • banging bear.

    hey, i like those little dancing things on your profile, lol

    banging bear., December 1st, 2007 at 09:59:11pm

  • Bleeding; Juliet

    whats up?

    Bleeding; Juliet, November 5th, 2007 at 03:19:25am

  • Bleeding; Juliet

    hello!

    Bleeding; Juliet, November 3rd, 2007 at 02:21:07am

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