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Obituary

John Michael Thompson, aka Hodad, was born on January 17, 1968, in Missoula, Montana to his parents, Bruce Thompson and Sandra Baril, he passed on to the next great adventure on June 12, 2023.

John might have picked up his love of travel in his early childhood, as he moved from Montana to Washington, to Oregon, to Arkansas. Then a month in Oklahoma, where his sister was born. Then on to Texas, and finally to …

Personal note from Hodad's Reverse Bucket List

Surfed on Oregon Coast
Cave Explored
Flipped on Trampoline
Skydived with Derick
Snowboarding at least once a year, every year for 35 years
Skiing
Sailboating
Sailed off a cliff with a Taiwanese parasailer
Whitewater Rafting on the Gallatin
ATV riding
Clamming
Climbed to top of Tree
Motorcycling
Track racing
Cleared the road gap Downhill bike racing
Fed baby lambs
Ride a horse bareback
Cooked and ate the Racoon
Drove through snowstorm on Christmas day
Made a snowman
Skinny Dipped in the Atlantic Ocean at night
Saw ___ while riding Naked Bike Ride 2015?
Sheep Sheared
Haggled at a Hong Kong night market
Milked the goats and cows
Ate chicken feet at a Taiwan Night Market
Taiwanese pool shrimp fishing
Go carting in Taiwan
Met a herd of cows coming the other way while mountain biking in Taiwan
Made a Font
Made lots of Logos
Ate Durian fruit in Singapore
Enjoyed fresh coconut at the rooftop W in Hong Kong
Cab ride in Jakarta
Kung Fu
The Beastie Boys at The End Music Festival
Backstage at Pearl Jam
Wandered the Vegas Strip after a Foo Fighters show
Took friends to Gorillaz show
New Orleans Jazz Festival
TV studio audience in Hollywood
Closed the strip club in the desert
Bet at the dog races in Macao
Bet at the horse races in Renton
Walked the Hollywood Walk of Fame
Cycled from Seattle to Portland in a day
Body shots in Ensenada
Got bloody in a Gwar Mosh Pit
Rose City Rollers derby
DOA Wrestling at the Eagles Lodge
The Drive-In in the summer
Brought to tears during the Emancipator show
Won the poker night pot
Paintball bruises
Airsoft bruises
Floor seats at a Blazer game
Drank Absinthe on Bourbon Street
Tattoo’d one side of my body
Ate raw horse in Japan
Debt free
Shucked Oysters
Dug for clams
Brewed Sake
Brewed Beer
Grew Psychedelic mushrooms
Grew Weed
Ate the ENTIRE chicken in Tokyo
Been asked for my autograph
Rode a wheelie for an entire block
Named on patent
Created animal balloons for the kids dressed as the San Diego Chicken
Own original artwork
Created and sold original artwork
Left a graffiti mark
Dressed as a clown
Wrote in wet cement
Walked on stilts
Been present at a birth
Indoor rock gym climbing
Walked on hands
Kung fu’d
Stayed at all the hostels in Holland
Vacationed solo in Manhattan

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Cause of death

Heart failure

Method of disposition

Cremation

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