Originally Posted by
kewlJ
I don't know who Hunter Thompson is or was. Red does A LOT of Name dropping. Did he play pick up basketball with Hunter Thompson? (Joke). It is actually pretty funny that every topic that comes up Red knew someone, a sister of a friend's cousin, or someone he played pickup basketball with 50 years ago. And if it is something that requires investigation,
While it can be dangerous to assume, I have to assume that the "Hunter Thompson" referred to is the gent who blew his head off with a shotgun, ala Hemingway.
The Las Vegas connection would be he authored "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas."
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