Family May Scatter Ashes Thompson-Style

Hunter S. Thompson, the “gonzo” journalist with a penchant for drugs, guns and flamethrower prose, might have one more salvo in store: Friends and relatives want to blast his ashes out of a cannon, as he wished.

“If that’s what he wanted, we’ll see if we can pull it off,” said Douglas Brinkley, who said he was the family’s spokesman.

Thompson, 67, committed suicide Sunday at his home in Woody Creek, near Aspen.

In a statement, Thompson’s widow and son said a commemoration for family and friends was planned for March 5 and “a frenzied and chaotic celebration of monumental proportions” would be held in the summer.