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In 2005 Hunter S Thompson's final wish was for his remains to be shot into the sky from a cannon. Johnny Depp spent over 3 million dollars and made it happen in
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The 150-foot-high Hunter S. Thompson memorial cannon is seen in the background, at the author's Woody Creek, Colo., farm Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2005. A private memorial is scheduled Aug. 20 in which
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