Hunter S. Thompson is blown up by Johnny Depp.

His ashes, I mean. Holy shit. I'd love to do that for my funeral.

Johnny Depp, who played Thompson in the film of his book Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, paid for the cannon.

Fireworks carrying the ashes of the writer exploded over the top of his memorial on his Owl Farm home.

"He loved explosions," Thompson's widow Anita said.