Anthony Bourdain RIP

[Phillbo]

Dead of suicide at 61 in France

Such a shame. I liked his Parts Unknown series.

[Billy_Rightwing]

On the news suicides are becoming more on the rise.

[Dork]

Never did see him do any cooking and watched a couple of his shows......

Rumor going around is that suicide is a polite way of saying he accidentally killed himself by asphyxiophilia, autoerotic asphyxia, hypoxyphilia.

[Honda]

I like the shows I found them quite informative and entertaining. No doubt he lived a jaded life. Godspeed to him he was one of a kind

[Phillbo]

'Parts Unknown' was so much more than a 'foodie' show, it was some of the best Journalism available today. Food was just the perfect vehicle with which to tell the story of a culture. What I loved about Bourdain was that he would never shy away from showing and telling the 'bad' side of a story.
In the episode on the Mississippi Delta, he didn't hesitate for a second to tell the most important part of the story... racism in the South.
I also loved the episode from Sicily where they take him diving for Octopus, when they don't find any, his hosts begin 'seeding' the sea floor with frozen octopus to make for the photo-op. Bourdain would have none of it... he made sure his camera crew photographed this and made sure it was not left out on the cutting room floor. He was pissed! I loved that honesty. Too much 'journalism' is made for TV these days.

[mgrist]

I deleted my previous post, I definitely shouldn't be spreading rumors, especially unsubstantiated ones. Unless it's about democrats.
RIP Anthony, I hope you've finally beat the demons.