Anthony Bourdain was found dead by hanging in his hotel room in France, adding to the long and baffling list of celebrities who lost their lives in this grim fashion.
Anthony Bourdain was found dead on Friday morning by his friend and French chef Eric Ripert in his room at a luxury hotel in northern France. According to the authorities, Bourdain killed himself by hanging. The exact cause of the death is still under investigation.
To many, Anthony Bourdain’s suicide is difficult to compute. He was rich, famous, and beloved by many. He had a dream job: Travelling the world and eating great food. In fact, Bourdain was in the midst of filming an episode of his CNN TV show “Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown” when he was found dead. Bourdain was extremely driven and always had several projects in the works. His editor recently revealed that he was actually working on a new “personal” book.
Bourdain also had an 11-year-old daughter who he often cited as a cause of his happiness. He also appeared to be infatuated with his girlfriend Asia Argento and had shown great support in the causes she championed. Only a few days before his death, Bourdain was telling IndieWire how much he was proud of his girlfriend and that he loved filming with her.
Indeed, everything about Bourdain exuded positivity, which was combined with an unquenching thirst for new goals and projects. The fact that he would abandon his daughter and scar her for life while giving up on all of his ongoing projects seems out of character.
A source close to Bourdain told People:
“I’m still in total shock of course. I just can’t believe it, and I can’t believe it would happen while he was in the middle of working. If there was one thing that was always his saving grace, it was his ability to throw himself into his work — he was never happier than when he was on some adventure or in the middle of a project, so it’s so bizarre to me, and I’m sure to many people who knew him, that of all the times, this happened when he was doing what he loved and with people he loves.”
– People, Anthony Bourdain’s Dark Side ‘Finally Overtook Him’: ‘He’d Always Managed to Outrun It,’ Says Source
Of course, as usual, only hours after death, news sources were publishing stories about his addiction problems with heroin and crack in the 1980’s … which were over 30 years ago. Also, as usual, some stories surfaced about his “demons” and his “dark side”.
“I guess the darkness just finally overtook him,” adds the source. “That’s the thing about him and he’d have been the first to say it — his dark side was always there, but it’s like the darkness was always just a few steps behind him, it was like he’d managed to outrun it, literally, with this life of far-flung adventures and everything. But it was never really gone.”
– Ibid.
Also, as usual, stories came out about how he was struggling with depression.
Intense Last Days
In the past weeks, Bourdain was particularly active as he became an outspoken advocate of the #metoo movement, along with his girlfriend Asia Argento. While presenting the best actress prize at the Cannes Film Festival, Argento made a scalding speech about Harvey Weinstein.
Argento said:
“In 1997, I was raped by Harvey Weinstein at Cannes. I was 21 years old. This festival was his hunting ground. I want to make a prediction: Harvey Weinstein will never be welcomed here ever again. He will live in disgrace, shunned by a film community that once embraced him and covered up for his crimes.
Even tonight, sitting among you, there are those who still have to be held accountable for their conduct against women, for behavior that does not belong in this industry, does not belong in any industry. You know who you are. But most importantly, we know who you are. And we’re not going to allow you to get away with it any longer.”
After Weinstein’s arrest, Bourdain tweeted a prison menu.
Less than a week before his death, Bourdain purchased a painting from artist John Lurie with a chilling title: “The sky is falling, I am learning to live with it”.
In the hours leading up to Bourdain’s death, Argento posted a cryptic story on Instagram:
Who was she referring to?
Something’s In the Air
Bourdain’s unexpected death occurred during a bizarre week that started with the shocking death of Kate Spade in bizarre circumstances. The renowned designer also left behind a teenage daughter.
During this same week, the CDC released an alarming study indicating that suicide rates shot up by 25% between 1999 and 2016. In 2016 alone, 45,000 Americans committed suicide and the numbers are still rising. The study states that suicide is now in the top 10 causes of death in the US right now and is becoming a public health problem.
With all of these upsetting stories circling around, the suicide prevention phone number is being plastered everywhere, placing the entire ambient culture in “suicide watch mode”.
Maybe more relevant information about Bourdain will surface in the next few days. For the time being, he will be added to the growing list of celebrities who died by hanging in recent memory: Alexander McQueen, L’Wren Scott, Robin Williams, Chester Bennington, Chris Cornell, Kate Spade and … Anthony Bourdain.
His chef was prepping him for broiling…..
Tragic…
But how about this one.
“John McCain Found Dead Hanging By Decapiter in Hotel Room.”
fn spell cbeck.
Or…
“Mitch McConnell found Dead Hanging In D.C. Sex Brothel”.
Or… Drum Roll Pulleeez.
” Paul Ryan Found Dead Hanging In Hotel D.C. Underage Male D.C Sex Brothel With John McCains Urine Decapiter Tube”.
In the case of Robin Williams, he was masturbating with a noose about his neck, which is supposed to increase the pleasure somehow, and a lot of kids die this way every year.
This Bourdain guy may have been doing the same thing, but they cover it up and call it a suicide because it’s less embarrassing. (and Moms have been known to dress their kid and call it a suicide, too)
Think….. David carradine
Michael Hutchence (singer INXS). Chris Cornell.. Robin Williams even did a movie (father of the year??) where his son died from auto erotic asphyxiation. i can’t remember title. point is, this is all horshit. if these people are dead, they were most likely murdificed. and hey, it’s hard to pick up a grown man and put him in a noose and a chair. ‘weigh’ easier to drag him over to the door and pull his pants down…
http://eurofolkradio.com/2017/06/11/another-mysterious-pedogate-death/ ….
http://www.americanjournalreview.com/renowned-forensic-investigator-reveals-famous-musicians-deaths-were-because-of-black-book-one-had-of-hillarys/
I’ll never forget his BANNED on CNN episode when he went into Gaza, after dealing with a fascist settler in Israel and disapproving of the settler (some big shot in the settlement)…I think the only reason he was allowed into Gaza was because Bourdain was Jewish or something. Saw the episode on YouTube.
“How Anthony Bourdain got banned from Azerbaijan”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-how-anthony-bourdain-azerbaijan-20180608-story.html
“Why Bourdain is banned from part of Azerbaijan”
https://www.cnn.com/videos/tv/2018/05/18/ac-and-bourdain-talk-armenia.cnn
Wasn’t he the head Arab cooker?
Complex guy. Mother Jewish, father catholic. Flashback bit on “refugees” and “no more white people”:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eJqXEoUU3U
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And this:
https://truepundit.com/anthony-bourdains-haunting-tweet-weeks-before-his-suicide-about-how-hillary-clintons-goons-harassed-him/
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I could care less. Never saw a show with him or his girlfriend. Anyone shouting death to whitey is better off dead.
Just more coincidences…..,,, right ?
Another Hollywierd freak show, on the surface a rich smart show host, underneath a freak show. Same ‘ol same’ol….
Who cares and good riddance …. he wanted the destruction of the European American race….. screw him
He choked on a goy bone??
Some care, because this is opportunity to expose a celeb who wielded influence on our culture, opportunity to point out an agenda aiding our destruction. Personally, I think he was highly conflicted/struggling. Understood plight of Palestinians but clueless on forced immigration. Or maybe not clueless, maybe something worse. I find it a charge on my heart to uncover the huge part these guys play in messin’ with freedom and morphing its people into strange mutations. That said, I somehow do not feel he was thoroughly bad. Might have something to do with vibes.
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That’s the strange conundrum about people.
Hardly ever do you find the truly evil.
It’s always a mishmash of right and wrong, like, they either can’t figure it out, or they have learned to justify bullshit to quelch some of the guilt……
Yeah.
Except for us. Pure as the driven snow. Never made one mistake. Saints.
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galen, when you have time, watch this episode of “Parts Unknown”:
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x591z0k
Thank you, Angel. Quite a journey of tragedy and overcoming. And damn those who poison us with addictive meds. Except for a few YouTube clips, this is the first time I’ve seen Bourdain’s show. Geez, he dives into humanity like one who knows a little bit about the depths. I’m so anti-celeb, but dang, I felt love for the guy. He seemed real and with a good dose of compassion. And I was sad to see small-town America left to fade into demise in this still new millennium. Oh that life could be breathed into Main Street America again. Maybe on some level, Anthony felt a little like an abandoned town that’s slowing losing its purpose, its soul. We’ll never know all that caused him to take his life.
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Some are asking if it could have been a broken heart?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5807979/Asia-Argento-embraces-Hugo-Clement-shared-attack-Harvey-Weinstein-Cannes.html
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More opinions/speculation:
https://www.newnationalist.net/2018/06/10/anthony-bourdain-suicide-or-suicided/
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D.C. Dave: “Go to 15:45 for the conclusion reached by Lionel, and with which I agree. This is an effort to move the Overton Window such that society accepts these murders without thinking.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25WnC-Jajo8
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A.J. scorched:
https://www.inquisitr.com/4933927/twitter-alex-jones-anthony-bourdain-murder-conspiracy-theory/
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Ole Alex is a trump adviser
“The study states that suicide is now in the top 10 causes of death in the US right now and is becoming a public health problem.”
Sounds more like a public death problem.
OMG!! What could this be?!!! Someone just posted a very disturbing pic of Boudain with…
https://twitter.com/mikesemple/status/1006052170515533824
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