WOODY CREEK – An armored truck hauling the pulverized remains of Hunter S. Thompson was en route to Owl Farm on Tuesday afternoon as swarms of workers sweated the last details of the offbeat writer’s ballyhooed funeral service. By Troy Hooper/Aspen Daily News Staff Writer – August 17, 2005.
The bulletproof truck is needed to ensure the public’s safety, according to Anita Thompson, the late author’s wife, because Thompson’s ashes have been sealed inside the tops of dozens of fireworks that will explode above his property on Saturday. Actor Johnny Depp is funding the event, which organizers estimate will cost roughly $2.5 million, to fulfill the vision that Thompson detailed in a 1978 BBC documentary and to his friends and family leading up to his suicide. Seated in front of his typewriter, Thompson shot himself in the head Feb. 20. He was 67.
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