Rolling Stone hails Thompson

In his Doonesbury comic strip, Garry Trudeau has been paying tribute this week to Hunter S. Thompson, who was the inspiration for the character Uncle Duke. And now Rolling Stone magazine, where Thompson did some of his best writing, is joining the chorus with a 30-page spread on the journalist, who committed suicide on Feb. 20 at age 67.

In the issue that hits newsstands today, Rolling Stone offers first-person reminiscences about Thompson from more than three dozen people, including former President Jimmy Carter; illustrator Ralph Steadman; actors Johnny Depp, Jack Nicholson and Sean Penn; musician Keith Richards; and Thompson’s widow and son.