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CNN is reporting Anthony Bourdain dead at 61

BannedEpisode

BannedEpisode

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Oct 28, 2017
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Bourdain was so great because he didn't treat the places he went to and the people he met like exotic others or objects to be oogled for entertainment. He treated people like people and their culture like something he wanted to understand, not just observe.

He helped make the world seem a lot more open. For me, as a white kid growing up in the Midwest in the early to mid 2000s, he opened my eyes to what was out there in the world.

It's comforting to see the effect he had on people. I don't normally get this broken up over celebrity deaths but this one is hard.
 

LexingtonKruger

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Mar 9, 2018
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What the restaurant industry does to people. It's something you can never escape.

It literally takes years and decades of your life and makes them these hells of poverty where you endure abuse daily on no sleep, which the cia classifies as torture. You live everywhere watching as others enjoy life as you're constantly scared to death to go to work.

It has very long term effects.

A lot of chefs kill themselves, lots do it through drugs and alcohol.

I know it will be a miracle if I don't take my life too at some time.

Rip to another whose passion was twisted and enslaved.
 
Distantmantra

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Oct 26, 2017
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I watched his original Food Network show back in the day, but I always thought he was a bit of an asshole. Then in 2006 on my honeymoon flight to Japan, I read Kitchen Confidential (which takes place predominantly in Tokyo) and he really clicked with me. He always did an amazing job of showcasing different cities and cultures in an incredibly unique and humanizing way.

He had demons and a history of substance abuse, but it's still incredibly sad and too soon.
 
J-Rod

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Dec 15, 2017
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Just checking thread again on break at work. Just feeling sadder as the day goes.

Into parts unknown indeed, Tony.
 
J_ToSaveTheDay

J_ToSaveTheDay

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Oct 25, 2017
18,852
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Man, lost a personal hero today.

And I mean hero in the sense that he truly gave me something to aspire to. Truth is, I never even got close, but his travels and perspective on the world made it all seem so much more beautiful and delicious than I ever would have gotten from the lifestyle and opportunities available to me, and I'd never have even come close to the way he saw things without his shared experiences -- there is no one like him in my life to shape that perspective.

Rest in peace, Bourdain. :(
 

Michaelandavinci

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Oct 27, 2017
764
Wtf! His world wide foods traveling shows - "No Reservation" was and still is the best foods traveling show of all time. It's open your eyes to many different cultures and foods and it help when you have an articulate, funny and humble host to go along with it. RIP!!!
 
Dictator

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Oct 26, 2017
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The Reddit AMA is a joy to read and also makes me really sad.

"...When I first went on TV and I started going on book tours I was a guy who would literally drink anything. Fans would come up to me and offer me shots of tequila and I would actually drink them. I am still here and alive today because I don't do that anymore. If I took every offer of a shot or other substance that fans offer to me, I wouldn't have made it to 2008, much less to this year. So chances are, to be perfectly honest, you wouldn't see me at a bar. If you were to offer me a shot, I would probably politely decline. I know people offer those things with the best intentions but I'm a dad now. I'm the 60 year old dad of a 9 year old. I have to at least try to stay live long enough to get to the eye rolling stage of my daughter's life."

Sigh.
 
Dalek

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Michaelandavinci said:
Wtf! His world wide foods traveling shows - "No Reservation" was and still is the best foods traveling show of all time. It's open your eyes to many different cultures and foods and it help when you have an articulate, funny and humble host to go along with it. RIP!!!
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It was one of the best shows of all time, period. He was refreshingly non-snobby.
 
Jo-awn

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I'm quite saddened by his loss. I loved how he told it like it is without 0 fucks given. :(

I haven't had the luxury of traveling abroad as I've only been to one country so far but Bourdain was inspiring as sin. I liked that he told it like it is and was incredibly passionate about food, the people who make it, and how it unites people.

My earliest memory of Bourdain was watching No Reservations on Food Network. It was an episode in which he was in Mexico eating iguana. He said it tasted like shit, had a leathery texture but yet he was humbled to have it. The saddest part is that Bourdain's daughter is 11 and Kate Spade's daughter is 13.
 
redrohX

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Nov 26, 2017
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Man, I didn't expect Anthony to go early. I obviously only know him through his shows, but Anthony always seemed real, honest and genuine. He was a nice guy and a guy you could look up to. Losing him is another big loss for the world. The insights he gave into distant cities, culture, food, people... it was priceless.
 
Masagiwa

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Jan 27, 2018
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This one hit me like a truck. I have all of his books and watched all of his shows, what a interesting person he was. RIP.
 
Deadly Cyclone

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Oct 25, 2017
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Dictator said:
The Reddit AMA is a joy to read and also makes me really sad.

"...When I first went on TV and I started going on book tours I was a guy who would literally drink anything. Fans would come up to me and offer me shots of tequila and I would actually drink them. I am still here and alive today because I don't do that anymore. If I took every offer of a shot or other substance that fans offer to me, I wouldn't have made it to 2008, much less to this year. So chances are, to be perfectly honest, you wouldn't see me at a bar. If you were to offer me a shot, I would probably politely decline. I know people offer those things with the best intentions but I'm a dad now. I'm the 60 year old dad of a 9 year old. I have to at least try to stay live long enough to get to the eye rolling stage of my daughter's life."

Sigh.
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Yeah, he must have had a really dark moment in France. It always seemed like he wanted to push on for his kid. I always did kind of see him as the type to want to take his own life before he got decrepit from the drug use, though, but he wasn't there yet.
 
gutter_trash

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Oct 26, 2017
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had a discussion about depression and suicide at lunch time.

one tried to argue that it would it would hurt family members,
I argues that there is not rationality when it comes to mental illness because it invades your mind and kills rationality.

depression is a tough enemy to fight.

RIP to him and thoughts to his family.
 
Vautrin

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Oct 27, 2017
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Fucked up. I hope he didn't fall back into drugs..

He named KC joes as the best BBQ in the world, and therefore the world. My fav BBQ joint

He had a very good podcast on Joe Rogan that every fan should listen to.
 
Snowybreak

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Oct 25, 2017
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I was going to attempt to expand on a post I had made earlier, but there are not many words that I could say that would accurately describe the impact that he and his shows had on my life. They totally changed my perspective on how the food world worked, and changed the way I perceived the world in general. I came into work today, and pretty much everyone was devastated. My dad is taking it particularly hard because Bourdain was the inspiration for his entire career.

Fucking Rest In Peace you beautiful bastard.
 
TheLetdown

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Oct 25, 2017
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I have been refreshing Instagram all day and seeing the outpouring.

Eric Ripert just recently posted and, of course, it's heartbreaking.
 
Stooge

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Oct 29, 2017
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Man, I've got a lot of thoughts about all of this.

My wife and I just got back from a vacation to SE Asia that was largely inspired by episodes of his shows. We walked past the Bun Cha restaurant he ate at with Obama just last week, and even though I super wanted to go our party convinced us to go to a different Bun Cha spot without the line down the road. He was a personal inspiration to get into food and travel and outside of my comfort zone.

So, thanks Tony, and I hope you are doing better wherever you are.
 

Michaelandavinci

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Dalek said:
It was one of the best shows of all time, period. He was refreshingly non-snobby.
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It's up there! His Vietnam trips are so memorable, it was like poetry in motion when he quoted "The Quiet American" at the beginning of the episode with the modern day hustling backdrops of Saigon. It make you linger and thinks about its past and what might become of its future. And this is a travel show! Not some documentary. Point is Anthony Bourdain is a rare talent who can engage the viewers immediately with his articulate words and imagery at the beginning of the episode, charm and humor you til the
end. That's why I never felt bored watching his shows. A great loss to say the least.
 
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KillLaCam

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Oct 25, 2017
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Damn. He's one of the main the reason's that I travel, try to experience other cultures and make friends in every city I go to.

This sucks, he was an actual good person. RIP Tony

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Yeah, he must have had a really dark moment in France. It always seemed like he wanted to push on for his kid. I always did kind of see him as the type to want to take his own life before he got decrepit from the drug use, though, but he wasn't there yet.
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Yeah this is exactly what I thought about when I saw the cause of death.
 
XaviConcept

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Fucking sucks, man, he was such a great personality that helped so many people understand how wonderful the world outside their borders is

Made him a small tribute.

 
Hydrus

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Oct 27, 2017
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He seemed like such a great guy :( I just really started to watch his stuff too. Depression is a terrible thing. I've dealt with it a point in my life and went to a dark place I never want to go to again. RIP
 
h1nch

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This one hurts a lot.

I fell hard for No Reservations. It inspired me to get out and travel the world and experience different foods and cultures within my own city. I've often said that if I could do anything I wanted in life, it would be to basically live like AB (minus the tv show filming and self-destructive behavior)

Going to binge NR and Parts Unknown this weekend and re-read Kitchen Confidential.
 

Stardestroyer

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Oct 31, 2017
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That is just shocking. I remember just a few weeks ago thinking how I wish my life was like his. Go out eat food, do drugs, critic and live.
 

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Yashar Ali posted a long, touching thread about Bourdain and their friendship:



RIP.
 
Ernest

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Oct 25, 2017
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I was just at my local butcher, and they were distraught at the news as well. But what a testament, from all these people locally and abroad, people who's lives he impacted, however indirectly, who appreciated the sense of discovery he brought out of us.
I'm sure he'd be touched and humbled by this outpouring of emotion and appreciation.
You don't know what you have until it's gone...
 
Drain You

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Oct 27, 2017
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Man this news is hitting me hard. Going to a wake tomorrow for a close friend who took his own life and I wake up to this today.

So sad. RIP Anthony Bourdain.
 
Clydefrog

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Oct 25, 2017
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Damn... RIP, Tony.

Universally loved, hugely talented and yet suicide consumed him. Whatever happens after death, I hope he's not suffering anymore.
 
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