An excerpt from, "Hunter S Thompson's death to be reviewed 20 years on" By Madeline Halpert, BBC, October 1, 2025:
Colorado officials are reviewing the death of journalist Hunter S Thompson, 20 years after it was ruled a suicide, at the request of his widow.
Thompson died at the age of 67 at his home in Woody Creek, Colorado, a small town north of Aspen, in February 2005.
The Colorado Bureau of Investigation said on Tuesday that it was conducting a "case review" of the 2005 investigation into his death, though the agency said this was not as a result of new evidence.
Video Title: The Hunter S. Thompson Enigma (with Henry Vinson & Zach Glenn). Source: Commendable Commotion. Date Published: February 20, 2025. Description:
A new side of renowned writer Hunter S. Thompson is presented here exclusively. We talk to Henry Vinson, convicted in 1990 for running a large “male escort service” in Washington D.C. For the first time, he describes his interactions with Thompson, & the late Gonzo journalist’s close friendship with disgraced lobbyist (& purported CIA asset) Craig J. Spence.
Afterwards, we talk to Zach Glenn of the Predictive Programming podcast. Zach will walk us through the murkier sides of Hunter Thompson’s life, including possible links to the U.S. intelligence community.
At the start of this episode, you’ll also hear about the strange, scandalous events unfolding in D.C. during the month of Thompson’s death. The father of Gonzo journalism may have been much closer to these events than has previously been known.
