June 8 will mark three years since Anthony Bourdain took his life in a French hotel. Since then, family, friends and fans of the chef and travel journalist have struggled to make sense of his suicide at the age of 61. At the time, his mother, Gladys Bourdain, told The New York Times, "He is absolutely the last person in the world I would have ever dreamed would do something like this." Now, in the upcoming documentary Roadrunner, his friends and colleagues are reflecting on who the Parts Unknown host really was and the demons he battled over the years. Won't You Be My Neighbor? director Morgan Neville made the film using new interviews with...
- 6/3/2021
- E! Online
Anthony Bourdain's mother, Gladys Bourdain, plans to get her first and only tattoo in memory of her son. Gladys, a former editor at The New York Times, told the publication she will get "Tony" tattooed in small letters on the inside of her wrist. Anthony had lots of tattoos, many inspired by his culinary and travel experiences, and his mom said she was "never a fan" of them. She will go to Anthony's tattoo artist for her commemorative ink.
The Times also revealed that Anthony had no narcotics in his system when he died earlier this month. French officials investigating the chef's death concluded that there was only a "nonnarcotic medicine in a therapeutic dose" when he died by suicide in his hotel room in the Alsace region of France on June 8. There are no plans for a public memorial, and instead the family will have a private ceremony.
The Times also revealed that Anthony had no narcotics in his system when he died earlier this month. French officials investigating the chef's death concluded that there was only a "nonnarcotic medicine in a therapeutic dose" when he died by suicide in his hotel room in the Alsace region of France on June 8. There are no plans for a public memorial, and instead the family will have a private ceremony.
- 6/24/2018
- by Erin Cullum
- Popsugar.com
Rose McGowan claims that before Anthony Bourdain took his life, he reached out for help.
“I know before Anthony died he reached out for help, and yet he did not take the doctor’s advice,” she wrote in an open letter published “at the behest” of Asia Argento that was circulated Monday.
“Anthony was open with his demons, he even wrote a book about them,” McGowan, 44, continued, adding that in the beginning of his relationship with Argento, “Anthony told a mutual friend, ‘He’s never met anyone who wanted to die more than him.’ And through a lot of this last year,...
“I know before Anthony died he reached out for help, and yet he did not take the doctor’s advice,” she wrote in an open letter published “at the behest” of Asia Argento that was circulated Monday.
“Anthony was open with his demons, he even wrote a book about them,” McGowan, 44, continued, adding that in the beginning of his relationship with Argento, “Anthony told a mutual friend, ‘He’s never met anyone who wanted to die more than him.’ And through a lot of this last year,...
- 6/11/2018
- by Maria Pasquini
- PEOPLE.com
Anthony Bourdain's mother Gladys Bourdain remembers her son as someone who was "feisty and very talented," as well as someone who was a "lover of people of all kinds." Gladys' comments come from her phone interview with Today. The NBC News program aired parts of the interview on Monday, just a few days after Anthony's death. The celebrity chef died of apparent suicide by hanging on Friday. His colleague and fellow chef Éric Ripert found Anthony unresponsive in a hotel room in France, where the CNN star was visiting for his show Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown. According to Today, Gladys learned of Anthony's death from his younger brother, Christopher. She told...
- 6/11/2018
- E! Online
Anthony Bourdain was in a "dark mood" in the days leading up to his suicide, his best friend and traveling companion told the famed chef's mother. The 61-year-old host of CNN's Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown hanged himself in the bathroom of a room at Le Chambard hotel in Kaysersberg, a village in the Alsace region of France. There was no evidence of foul play in his death, a prosecutor said. Results of toxicology tests are pending. Bourdain had traveled with his best friend and fellow chef Éric Ripert. Bourdain's mother, Gladys Bourdain, told The New York Times that Ripert had told her that "Tony had been in a dark...
- 6/9/2018
- E! Online
The tragic deaths of Anthony Bourdain and Kate Spade by suicide have sparked a wave of calls to the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline ... TMZ has learned. The Mental Health Association of New York tells TMZ ... the hotline has experienced a 25% increase in call volume compared to this time last week. The number has been shared by tons of celebs, which the Mha says has resulted in more people "being aware of the resource and calling the Lifeline to get help.
- 6/8/2018
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Anthony Bourdain, the television personality and writer, who shot to fame with his culinary-driven globe trotting, has died by suicide. He was 61.
CNN, the network for which Bourdain hosted the popular “Parts Unknown,” a food-focused travel series, confirmed the news.
“It is with extraordinary sadness we can confirm the death of our friend and colleague, Anthony Bourdain,” the network said in a statement on 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.”
According to the network, Bourdain was in France working on an upcoming episode of his CNN series. His friend, French chef Eric Ripert, found him unresponsive in his hotel room on Friday morning.
CNN, the network for which Bourdain hosted the popular “Parts Unknown,” a food-focused travel series, confirmed the news.
“It is with extraordinary sadness we can confirm the death of our friend and colleague, Anthony Bourdain,” the network said in a statement on 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.”
According to the network, Bourdain was in France working on an upcoming episode of his CNN series. His friend, French chef Eric Ripert, found him unresponsive in his hotel room on Friday morning.
- 6/8/2018
- by Brent Lang and Shirley Halperin
- Variety Film + TV
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