... salesman who Thompson had little relationship with, died after a lengthy period of fatigue brought on by a rare disease called Myasthenia Gravis (gonzo.org). He died at the age of 69, 15 days before Thompson birthday. After his father's death, Thompson began a crime spree that has lasted the rest of his ... vandalism and preceded to do $200 worth of damage to the jail (ejeanlive.com). In June, not much later that year, Thompson was arrested with two others for robbery. The other two arrested, Ralston Steenrod and Sam Stallings Jr. went free on the account that "they had ... started a re...

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