23Ash Blast
Aspen Sheriff Bob Braudis’s phone was blowing up. On The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Johnny Depp had mentioned shooting the ashes of gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson out of a massive cannon in Aspen, Colorado. By the following morning, the national media started asking the author’s family and the sheriff about this outrageous commemoration.
Sheriff Braudis and the Thompson family told the media: Call Moseley.
That’s when my phone started ringing off the hook. The problem was, no one had called me to tell me what was going on. I was at a loss with reporters. Umm, yeah, sure, let me call you back… I’m getting into an elevator. Sorry can’t hear you…
After a few calls with the Sheriff, the Thompson family, Depp’s sister, Christie ...
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