Why not? I can't think of anything more in character. I can't imagine him taking very kindly to the encroaching enfeeblement of old age and ending up reliant on the care of others as his body slowly failed him.
I think he decided his time was done and decided to leave this world the same way he lived his life - in a manner and at a time of his own choosing and no-one else's.
There's a fairly sad biography of him that I've got here somewhere (unlike the man's own books that I can put my hands on much quicker). He couldn't have been easy to live with, or easy on himself.
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Date: 2005-02-21 12:29 pm (UTC)I think he decided his time was done and decided to leave this world the same way he lived his life - in a manner and at a time of his own choosing and no-one else's.
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Date: 2005-02-21 02:02 pm (UTC)FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS is the place to start
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