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rbxbx on Oct 3, 2010 | parent | context | favorite | on: Hunter S. Thompson's brutally honest Canadian job ...

Don't forget the fact that they both took their own lives with a shotgun to the head.

Also, if you consult HST's wikipedia entry, you'll notice Hemingway come up several times (and in fairly significant ways).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunter_S._Thompson

Psyonic on Oct 3, 2010 [–]

Best source I can find say's he used a .45 caliber pistol, you know otherwise? http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/rela...

No disagreement on the similarity between those two, however.

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