This is sad news indeed.
Last week or maybe the week before, I emerged from the subway station at Columbus Circle, NY, and noticed a guy, obviously the worse for drink, stumbling by. It was Anthony Bourdain. Poor guy. RIP.
How many people would have said he led the perfect life?
this guy raises his hand.
I won’t pin his death on our current political situation, but I would guess that for at least a third of America, there is a shit ton more anxiety, depression and malaise now than during the Obama era. Personally I am deeply affected by the soft coup (no shit sherlock, right?) while working a job just for benefits as I am 60+ and the cost of insurance would be cray, especially with a wife who is similarly aged. A lot of insecurity across the hierarchy of needs for a lot of America. The pursuit of happiness has been derailed and detoured.
(deleted what I wrote. Swell.)
Anyway, I was really sad to read about this. He loved food enthusiastically and enjoyed the meals cooked by people he met across the world. But for all of that, he seemed kind of lonely.
Peace to his daughter and his friends.
A lot of insecurity across the hierarchy of needs for a lot of America. The pursuit of happiness has been derailed and detoured.
This latest news about the administration refusing to defend the ACA is horrifying. What is the matter with these people?!!
It feels like we’re all just beaten down anymore. This culture is exhausting and it’s taking its toll on all of us, and those who are already predisposed to depression and mental health difficulties are the casualties. The world continues to go mad.
Right, he was a famous and probably wealthy celebrity but apparently his internal demons and/or the world at large became too much for him. This is why I never envy the rich and famous, you never really know about the personal hell a lot of them are living
And a lot of time, there’s a tremendous amount of effort and angst in living the life of a public bon vivant. Stories of people that look perfect or have the perfect life on social media, but are miserable in real life are very common.
Richard Cory.
So sad…he was one of my favorite TV programs.
This doesn’t sound right at all. So much going for him. And one of my voices of reason in a time of cacophony and willful stupidity.
This really hurts
But then that’s what suicide is in my experience. A try to hurt someone.
Tony … damn I will miss you.
A sad ending for a very interesting man. I, for one, will miss him…
The episode that covered his trip up the Congo was one for the ages…
I loved Anthony and his show…geeez how many people get to go all over the world doing what they love and being well paid for it? Went to one of his speaking tours several years ago, packed audience and he was great. He was also not shy about sharing his difficulties with addiction during his chef days and I think he got divorced a year or two ago, so a lot on his plate so to speak.
The show where he went to Uruguay made me add that country to my bucket list for places to visit.
If I had seen as much of the world as he has in 61 years, I could die happier than if I hadn’t. Sad that he suffered and checked out but boy what a ride.
Rest well Anthony Bourdain…
Bourdain was in France working on his show. Very odd timing.
Why?
So sad. And I will mention that he was the same age as me.
It just seemed odd to me to leave us while doing something he seemed to really enjoy. The detail at this point is scant so anything I say is just a guess except that I will profoundly miss him. All I know for certain is he was in France working on the show and he was found unresponsive in his hotel.
Granted. But we’re alive this morning, and he isn’t, and we’re alive because we choose to live. Maybe his shade envies us.
I thought you might know details not seen here. Yeah, I’ll miss him too. Never ceased to amaze me that he didn’t weigh 300 lbs from all that he ate…and I loved those mile long legs of his.
Dying in France is as good a place as any I guess.