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Colorado probe reaffirms Hunter S. Thompson died by suicide

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Bald man in glasses and black coat smoking a cigarette, reading a book in a packed wooden bookshelf room with hats, a bull mask, owl, lamp, plant, and metal sculpture.

Hunter S. Thompson stands inside his home at Woody Creek, near Aspen, Colorado, in September 1990. Photo: Paul Harris/Liaison via Getty Images

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