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Thompson was the inspiration for the character of Duke in the [[Pulitzer Prize]]-winning comic strip ''[[Doonesbury]]'', and was portrayed by [[Johnny Depp]] in a film version of ''[[Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas]]''.  

Thompson was the inspiration for the character of Duke in the [[Pulitzer Prize]]-winning comic strip ''[[Doonesbury]]'', and was portrayed by [[Johnny Depp]] in a film version of ''[[Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas]]''.  

Some have expressed the belief that Thompson attracted attention in the drug culture because he was as a person what many people wanted to be -- a rebel.

As expressed in the conclusion to "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas", Thompson's post-modern cynicism and writings heralded for many the conclusion of the Hippie subculture and, as he described, the "mind- expansion" phase of drug use, such as LSD and other hallucinatory narcotics.

Thompson, a lifelong gun enthusiast, committed [[suicide]] by by a self-inflicted gunshot wound in 2005.

Thompson, a lifelong gun enthusiast, committed [[suicide]] by by a self-inflicted gunshot wound in 2005.