RIP Anthony Bourdain

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#237593 9-Jun-2018 00:54

Apparently found dead in a hotel room in France at age 61. The apparent cause of death - suicide.

I had mixed feelings when watching him. Sometimes I enjoyed his style, sometimes not. I always got the impression he was a tortured soul. Some of his drinking sessions even on air seemed quite excessive to me.

I always feel sad that people feel the only option available to them is to commit suicide.

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#2032414 9-Jun-2018 07:27

With lack of better information, and given his history, I'd not be surprised if his death was accidental suicide by overdose. Especially when travelling.

(ie buying "heroin" from not a regular trusted source might result in using heavily cut heroin - boosted back to strength with fentanyl etc)

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#2032415 9-Jun-2018 07:37

Fred99:

With lack of better information, and given his history, I'd not be surprised if his death was accidental suicide by overdose. Especially when travelling.

(ie buying "heroin" from not a regular trusted source might result in using heavily cut heroin - boosted back to strength with fentanyl etc)

nope , looks like he hung himself.

Common sense is not as common as you think.

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#2032420 9-Jun-2018 07:54

vexxxboy:

Fred99:

With lack of better information, and given his history, I'd not be surprised if his death was accidental suicide by overdose. Especially when travelling.

(ie buying "heroin" from not a regular trusted source might result in using heavily cut heroin - boosted back to strength with fentanyl etc)

nope , looks like he hung himself.

Yep - I should have checked TMZ first.

(Edit: to say that I'd have been much happier to find out it was accidental - even if it's a crazy thing to "wishfully think" that)

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#2032483 9-Jun-2018 13:08

Fred99:

vexxxboy:

Fred99:

With lack of better information, and given his history, I'd not be surprised if his death was accidental suicide by overdose. Especially when travelling.

(ie buying "heroin" from not a regular trusted source might result in using heavily cut heroin - boosted back to strength with fentanyl etc)

nope , looks like he hung himself.

Yep - I should have checked TMZ first.

(Edit: to say that I'd have been much happier to find out it was accidental - even if it's a crazy thing to "wishfully think" that)

I understand the reasoning. I feel the same way.

As I said, I have mixed feelings about the man, but it still feels like a loss.

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#2032512 9-Jun-2018 13:59

So sad, I enjoyed his shows. They were similar to Rick Stein but also very different.

Here is a crazy notion, lets give peace a chance.

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#2032524 9-Jun-2018 14:03

What a shame, I enjoyed most of his content. What a loss

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#2033645 11-Jun-2018 13:04

Such a shame, he seemed like one of few geniune cooks and not swayed by fame or money...

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#2033656 11-Jun-2018 13:20

A real foodie.

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#2033680 11-Jun-2018 13:59

Pretty sad. I didn't really get too much into his shows, but I respect him in the way he saw that food was a way of bringing people together, and a great way to travel and see new countries/cultures and meet new people.