HST committed suicide as a 68 year old man in grave physical condition. He was in physical therapy, struggled to move around, had lots of pain. He couldn’t be shot out of a canon anymore, and in a moment of weakness, decided he didn’t want to stick around for the tedious squeezing the last bit of life from the tube.…

The best thing about Hunter is that he lived his life the way he wanted to, in spite of the world/society/public. If you haven’t read everything he wrote, DO IT NOW, especially his correspondence. He was one of the most BRILLIANT writers, ever. The world is less for the loss of him.