Novelist, playwright, essayist (1926-2017).
Born April 23rd, 1926 in Brooklyn. [ref]
Died September 11th, 2017 at 91 years old in Mullingar (stroke). [ref]
Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride! Hunter S. Thompson