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Early years:
Born on 18th July 1937 in Kentucky, rebellious journalist Hunter S Thompson had a difficult start in life; his father died when he was 15, leaving his alcoholic mother to bring up her three sons.
Hunter was arrested for robbery in 1956 and joined the Air Force to escape sentence, where he worked as a sports reporter. But in 1958 he was honourably discharged for his insubordinate behaviour. He worked – and was fired from – several New York magazines before moving to Puerto Rico in 1960 and beginning a spell of travelling South America and the Caribbean as a freelance writer for daily papers.
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