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Finding it difficult to talk in the racially tense atmosphere of Los Angeles, Thompson and Acosta decided to travel to Las Vegas, and take advantage of an assignment by Sports Illustrated to write a 250-word photograph caption on the Mint 400 motorcycle race held there

Better Than Sex: Confessions of a Political Junkie , his account of the 1992 presidential campaign, is composed of reactive faxes to Rolling Stone

He became known for his intense dislike of Richard Nixon, who he claimed represented "that dark, venal, and incurably violent side of the American character"

[84] A member of the National Rifle Association of America, [85] Thompson was also co-creator of the Fourth Amendment Foundation, an organization to assist victims in defending themselves against unwarranted search and seizure

Its not the fireman who has changed, but you.

Hunter S Thompson was a brilliant, intelligent and colourful human being, and the world is a much cooler places because of characters like him today, were he still alive, he would have been 77 years old, and we at TBS thought we would reflect on some of his best quotes