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Title: CNN's Anthony Bourdain dead at 61
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URL Source: https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/08/us/anthony-bourdain-obit/index.html
Published: Jun 8, 2018
Author: Brian Stelter
Post Date: 2018-06-08 07:37:47 by A K A Stone
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Comments: 44
New York (CNN)Anthony Bourdain, a gifted storyteller and writer who took CNN viewers around the world, has died. He was 61.
CNN confirmed Bourdain's death on Friday and said the cause of death was suicide. "It is with extraordinary sadness we can confirm the death of our friend and colleague, Anthony Bourdain," the network said in a statement Friday morning. "His love of great adventure, new friends, fine food and drink and the remarkable stories of the world made him a unique storyteller.
His talents never ceased to amaze us and we will miss him very much. Our thoughts and prayers are with his daughter and family at this incredibly difficult time."
Bourdain was in France working on an upcoming episode of his award-winning CNN series "Parts Unknown." His close friend Eric Ripert, the French chef, found Bourdain unresponsive in his hotel room Friday morning. Bourdain was a master of his crafts -- first in the kitchen and then in the media. Through his TV shows and books, he explored the human condition and helped audiences think differently about food, travel and themselves.
He advocated for marginalized populations and campaigned for safer working conditions for restaurant staffs. Along the way, he received practically every award the industry has to offer. In 2013, Peabody Award judges honored Bourdain and "Parts Unknown" for "expanding our palates and horizons in equal measure." "He's irreverent, honest, curious, never condescending, never obsequious," the judges said. "People open up to him and, in doing so, often reveal more about their hometowns or homelands than a traditional reporter could hope to document."
The Smithsonian once called him "the original rock star" of the culinary world, "the Elvis of bad boy chefs." In 1999 he wrote a New Yorker article, "Don't Eat Before Reading This," that became a best-selling book in 2000, "Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly." The book set him on a path to international stardom.
First he hosted "A Cook's Tour" on the Food Network, then moved to "Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations" on the Travel Channel. "No Reservations" was a breakout hit, earning two Emmy Awards and more than a dozen nominations. In 2013 both Bourdain and CNN took a risk by bringing him to the news network still best known for breaking news and headlines. Bourdain quickly became one of the principal faces of the network and one of the linchpins of the prime time schedule. Season eleven of "Parts Unknown" premiered on CNN last month. While accepting the Peabody award in 2013, Bourdain described how he approached his work. "We ask very simple questions: What makes you happy? What do you eat? What do you like to cook? And everywhere in the world we go and ask these very simple questions," he said, "we tend to get some really astonishing answers." Bourdain's death happened after fashion designer Kate Spade hanged herself in an apparent suicide at her Manhattan apartment on Tuesday. Spade was found hanged by a scarf she allegedly tied to a doorknob, an NYPD source said. Suicide is a growing problem in the United States. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published a survey Thursday showing suicide rates increased by 25% across the United States over nearly two decades ending in 2016. Twenty-five states experienced a rise in suicides by more than 30%, the government report finds.
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#1. To: A K A Stone (#0)
Another rich and famous person that didn’t wanna live.... and all the over sensitized sheep, that has less, cry over it. So long, bye bye... sayonara
I saw his show a few times and enjoyed it. I liked when he was in Africa going down the congo or some river. It was pretty dangerous. I also remember he found some rare chocolate in South America somewhere and was making a chocolate company or had something to do with it. It was probably the only thing on CNN I liked.
Anything that CNN cries over (or uses to make the sheep weaker by ignoring CONSEQUENCES for poor decisions, via sympathy) I laugh at. I’ve seen hundreds die, that didn’t want to... that fought hard to live, that didn’t have the choice this person had. So, F’ him and CNN’s sorrow.
Me too. Screw CNN. Admittedly, he would be low on my list of CNN people I'd like to see gone.
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Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/LatestCNN confirmed Bourdain's death on Friday and said the cause of death was suicide
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#10. To: GrandIsland (#3)
Anything that CNN cries over (or uses to make the sheep weaker by ignoring CONSEQUENCES for poor decisions, via sympathy) I laugh at.
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