other friends were not surprised at his deaths . " i wasn ' t expecting , " commented george stranahan , a former owner of the woody tree pub , a favourite haunt of thompson . " i always expected me to collapse in a hospital ward with tubes getting out of him . " members have said how his fractured leg had prevented him from leaving his house as often as he had planned to . one neighbour and long - standing friend , andy cleverly , said thompson was clearly hobbled by the bent knee . " clinically speaking , he ' s had a rotten week . "
The Woody Creek Tavern is owned by George Stranahan.