Saturday, in accordance with his wishes, Hunter S. Thompson's ashes blasted into the sky from a specially built canon and exploded in a display of fireworks over the Rockies. Evidently, Johnny Depp foot the bill for the canonization and party, some $2 million. There was no mention in the news reports of their playing the Byrd's version of Mr. Tamborine man, which had been part of his wish as recorded in a late 70s documentary. Other than that, it all went as he would have wanted.
