Anthony Bourdain dead at 61

[PowerPlant]

Found dead from an apparent suicide by hanging in his hotel room in Strasbourg, France... Way too many depression related celebrity suicides lately, and mostly people whose work I like

Bourdain was about the only celebrity chef I ever paid any attention to... 

 

[StevenGuthmiller]

I really loved the guy too!

He was very matter of fact, cranky & funny.

But he had a lot of ghosts.

Still, I would never have imagined that he would take his own life.

I would have guessed that possibly one of his many past addictions would have caught up with him.

 

Steve

[Pete J.]

Loved his show.  Very much a travel log as much as a cooking show.  He showed how to get into the local culture.  I must say with hind sight the last few showed kind of had the feel of a farewell tour.  Good friends on one last road trip.  Sad he is gone.  The world is a little darker without him. 

[PARTSMARTY]

This is so sad.

[Rob Hall]

Sad...loved his shows...the combination of travel + food really was appealing.

[1972coronet]

He was also a huge fan of Punk , at one point stating that The Stooges Fun House (1970) was his favourite album . 

 

 

[Jim N]

I never really cared for Bourdain.  To me, he came across as pompous and too cranky.  Having written this, I was sad hearing of his passing.

It seems to be part of the human condition that we have our demons and our minds can wander off to some really dark places, but when it leads to someone taking his or her own life, it is really heartbreaking.