By the time he was felled by a hunter's gun, he had become an outlaw hero and a media sensation.

One of the things that made Thompson an "outlaw" hero to this reviewer's generation was the demonic zest of his invective and contumely.

One example is the work of the director Sergio Leone, whose outlaw heroes in his Spaghetti Westerns were inspired by Salgari's piratical adventurers.

It is loosely based on the story of Ishikawa Goemon, a legendary outlaw hero who stole valuables from the rich and gave them to the poor.

Rózsa is only the uppermost of a numerous of Hungarian outlaw heroes, or betyárs, who appear in Hungarian history and folklore.

His methods lead a colleague to respond, "You've had more complaints than Ned Kelly" - Australia's famous outlaw hero.

Ben Hall is one of the few bushrangers, like Ned Kelly, who were thought of as outlaw heroes.

In folklore, a typical outlaw hero is a farmer or other innocent person who is forced into crime by cruel police or government actions.

It is this quality that gets under your skin and turns its two beleaguered losers into genuine outlaw heroes.

But Tyson, promoted as an oppressed outlaw hero, can also sell sneakers and soda and clothes.