Heading: (Thompson, Hunter S.)
Author:
Title: Hunter S. Thompson In Memoriam announcement
Place Published: Aspen, Colorado
Publisher:
Date Published: 2005
Description: In Memoriam announcement, 13x17.5 cm (5x7“); one side features a b&w photograph of Hunter Thompson in his home, the other side is printed with a Samuel Taylor Coleridge quote, and pentinent dates. With original mailing envelope, printed address label.Rare example of a Hunter Thompson In Memoriam announcement. This copy with its original envelope with a mailing label addressed to attorney Bill Dixon, longtime friend of HST, and campaign manager for Gary Hart and George McGovern. The printed side reads: “In Memory of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson / July 18, 1937 - February 20, 2005 // Weave a circle round him thrice, / And close your eyes with holy dread,/ For he on honey-dew hath fed, /
And drunk the milk of Paradise./ - Samuel Taylor Coleridge // Aspen, Colorado // March 5, 2005.“ A private funeral was held on August 20, 2005, where Thompson‘s ashes were blown into the sky from a 153-foot tower.

Mild soiling and a few faint spots to envelope; contents fine.