Depressed Person

When Hunter S. Thompson put a gun to his face and pulled the trigger, he was 67 and depressed and at the time on the phone with his wife, who, four days before, he had given a suicide note saying something about not wanting to have lived much past 50. In fact he was a creative genius and lived a very hectic life, using drugs and alcohol to excess. My greatest surprise was seeing him on television today for the first time in some YouTube videos, such as his appearance on the Charlie Rose show. He talks in a funny voice, not humorous, just different, very fast, mumbling almost, but precise and thoughtful and self-assured. He went out like Hemingway. And Mishima.