Source: Denver Post
“Colorado Bureau of Investigation officials on Friday confirmed the 2005 death of renowned author and journalist Hunter S. Thompson was a result of suicide, almost six months after the state started reviewing the case by request of the Pitkin County Sheriff’s Office. State investigators started reviewing the case after Thompson’s widow, Anita, reached out to Sheriff Michael Buglione with concerns about her late husband’s death at their home, Owl Farm, in Woody Creek on Feb. 20, 2005. … Hunter S. Thompson was 67 years old when he died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound at his home near Aspen. Friends and family said he experienced suicidal ideation and had instructed them on what to do with his body.” (01/23/26)
https://www.denverpost.com/2026/01/23/hunter-s-thompson-suicide-death-investigation/