"Some may never live, but the crazy never die."

WOODY CREEK, Colo. — At dusk Saturday, about 350 friends and relatives of Hunter S. Thompson stood outside and stared into an inky sky, drinking, waiting. In front of them loomed a massive monument in the shape of the late writer's icon — a dagger topped by a "gonzo" fist — roughly 2 feet taller than the Statue of Liberty. [more here and here]