HST's wingmen speak up.

Hunter S. Thompson’s longtime collaborator Ralph Steadman has just written this erudite valedictory to the Doc, which Fishbowl thinks will serve nicely as insurance against NY media not coming through with anything half as respectful or exhaustive. In this case, The Thing really does Speak For Itself. Jann? You reading this?

Monday night update: And here’s HST’s erstwhile editor at the defunct L.A. Herald-Examiner, David McCumber, eloquently adding to the rapidly gathering online crowd of people who actually knew the departed and want to talk.

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