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Events on Sunday 20 February 2005 1
1937 – 2005Hunter S. Thompson (1937-2005)Died 20 February 2005, aged 67Hunter S. Thompson, the writer who pioneered "gonzo journalism" with works including "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas", died by suicide on 20 February 2005. His freewheeling, first-person style blended fact and fiction and influenced generations of journalists. Thompson had struggled publicly with declining health in his final years.