Johnny Depp spent $3 million blasting Hunter S. Thompson
Now that's a good friend. I'm jealous of this wine budget tho.
What price for giving an absurd send-off to a writer who cherished the absurd? $3 million, if you’re Johnny Depp.
The funeral forms part of a list of ostentatious spending included in a lawsuit by his ex-managers, who claim it all led him to the brink of financial ruin.
“All I'm doing is trying to make sure his last wish comes true,” Depp said at the time (2005), “I just want to send my pal out the way he wants to go out.”
Thompson’s ashes were fired from a cannon that was placed atop a 153-foot (47 m) tower shaped like a double-thumbed fist clutching a peyote button. The funeral was attended by senator John Kerry, Jack Nicholson, John Cusack, Bill Murray, Benici del Toro, Sean Penn, Josh Hartnett, Ralph Steadman and more.
Now that's a good friend. I'm jealous of this wine budget tho.