Not the first to report it, but ...
Apr. 6th, 2005 11:34 amHunter S. Thompson's ashes are to be shot from a cannon :-)
http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/books/04/05/hunter.thompson.ap/index.html
http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/books/04/05/hunter.thompson.ap/index.html