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Heroes
Hunter S. Thompson 1937-2005
DENVER-(Reuters)
Hunter S. Thompson, the renowned American journalist and novelist who wrote "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas," has fatally shot himself at his Colorado home, police say. He was 67.
"We do have confirmation that Hunter Thompson was found dead this evening of an apparent self-inflicted wound," said Tricia Louthis, spokeswoman for the Pitkin County Sheriff'sOffice.
Thompson was found dead at his home outside the ski resort of Aspen on Sunday night.
The Sheriff's's Office was unable to provide any further details.
Polish Painter Beksinski Found Dead
VANESSA GERA-ASSOCIATED PRESS
WARSAW, Poland -- Zdzislaw Beksinski, a leading Polish surrealist painter known for his images of death, was found stabbed to death at his Warsaw home on Tuesday, police said.
Relatives found Beksinski's body overnight, and "everything indicates it was murder," police spokeswoman Zuzanna Talar said. He suffered multiple stab wounds, and police said there were no signs of forced entry or robbery.
Beksinski, 75, was considered one of Poland's leading contemporary artists. He emerged on the Polish art scene in the 1950s and was best known for his abstract renditions of skeletons, monster-like creatures and other apocalyptic images evoking death and decay.
"We all see death before our eyes," Beksinski said at the opening of an exhibition of his work at Warsaw's Zacheta Gallery in 2002, the news agency PAP reported. "I am not an exception."
BLK/MRKT [01.08.05] DENVER-(Reuters)
Hunter S. Thompson, the renowned American journalist and novelist who wrote "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas," has fatally shot himself at his Colorado home, police say. He was 67.
"We do have confirmation that Hunter Thompson was found dead this evening of an apparent self-inflicted wound," said Tricia Louthis, spokeswoman for the Pitkin County Sheriff'sOffice.
Thompson was found dead at his home outside the ski resort of Aspen on Sunday night.
The Sheriff's's Office was unable to provide any further details.
Polish Painter Beksinski Found Dead
VANESSA GERA-ASSOCIATED PRESS
WARSAW, Poland -- Zdzislaw Beksinski, a leading Polish surrealist painter known for his images of death, was found stabbed to death at his Warsaw home on Tuesday, police said.
Relatives found Beksinski's body overnight, and "everything indicates it was murder," police spokeswoman Zuzanna Talar said. He suffered multiple stab wounds, and police said there were no signs of forced entry or robbery.
Beksinski, 75, was considered one of Poland's leading contemporary artists. He emerged on the Polish art scene in the 1950s and was best known for his abstract renditions of skeletons, monster-like creatures and other apocalyptic images evoking death and decay.
"We all see death before our eyes," Beksinski said at the opening of an exhibition of his work at Warsaw's Zacheta Gallery in 2002, the news agency PAP reported. "I am not an exception."
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