Monday, February 21
Gonzo, Gidget both gone
What an unlikely pairing.
Hunter S Thompson, the American counterculture writer, has been found dead at his home in Colorado.Also dead is Sandra Dee, a.k.a., Gidget, Tammy and Mrs. Bobby Darin.
Thompson's son, Juan, found his body. He said the 67-year-old shot himself. BBC
I can’t imagine either of these two polar opposites could have imagined themselves being linked in death.
But, in a odd way, they were always linked, being the two bookends embracing the most vibrant years of a certain generation, now beginning to pass away.
I wonder if she got to see Beyond the Sea, the biopic of Bobby Darin, in which she was portrayed, favorably, really, for all the hints of her life going down hill.
Now the obits and paeans pour in for HST.
Yet, the coincidence of death goes further. This this was also the annuiversary of another generational icon: Malcolm X killed this day 40 years gone.
Something. Something is brewing. -- Tom Nadeau
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