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All hippie shit aside, the man was fucking dauntless. I can NOT see him taking his own life.



All hippie shit aside, all the years the man took every drug under the sun was quite likely either (a) an attempt at self medicating some serious issues; (b) a contributing factor to screwing up his psyche.

I think HST was a talented writer, especially his short newspaper columns, but to me HST was exactly the type of guy who takes his own life.