Anthony Bourdain dies aged 61

[buckline]

A much troubled character - but fantastic to watch and read.

No age at all really.

[rodericb]

Oh jeepers that's not good at all. What a waste.

[devnull]

Man, that's terrible news to hear - certainly, a guy who has had a whole host of experiences - love watching his various shows.

[anonymous-user]

CNN reporting it as suicide. Tragic, what a waste.

[Melman Giraffe]

Gutted

[randlemarcus]

Very sad news. Kitchen Confidential is one of my goto reads to make myself feel better about not choosing kitchens as a profession

[RogerExplosion]

Genuinely saddened by this. Really liked his stuff and seemed like a guy you would love to go on a boozy holiday with.

Getting pretty sick of suicides. I know that's a rubbish statement but it seems far to frequent with 'personalities' as well as among my extended group. And no idea what we should do about it.

[Burwood]

my favourite tv foodie-a great story teller. what a waste.

[Melman Giraffe]

apparently drink and drugs involved, Eric Ripert found him

[zygalski]

Very sad.
Can't say I'm surprised at the news in the slightest, TBH.

[thetapeworm]

For someone I've never met and only enjoyed the work of from behind a screen or the pages of a book this has affected me more than it should have, I had a genuine lump in throat moment when I saw the headline for the first time and even as I type this I feel a bit weird. It could be the lunch from the Morrisons salad bar of course.

I'm not usually one to jump on the grief tourism bus and tend to chastise those who suddenly start singing the praises of the recently deceased when they haven't mentioned them at all previously but I'm going to take this one on the chin, great writer and presenter and seemed to have his life on track again when viewed through the filters of social media.

Really sad news.

[toasty]

I guess he had his fill.

Great writer and presenter.

Real shame he's gone.

[Melman Giraffe]

thetapeworm said:

For someone I've never met and only enjoyed the work of from behind a screen or the pages of a book this has affected me more than it should have, I had a genuine lump in throat moment when I saw the headline for the first time and even as I type this I feel a bit weird. It could be the lunch from the Morrisons salad bar of course.

I'm not usually one to jump on the grief tourism bus and tend to chastise those who suddenly start singing the praises of the recently deceased when they haven't mentioned them at all previously but I'm going to take this one on the chin, great writer and presenter and seemed to have his life on track again when viewed through the filters of social media.

Really sad news.

You have taken the words out of my mouth,

[21TonyK]

Terrible news. An inspiration to many. Loads of his stuff on Netflix, a very entertaining watch.

[Joscal]

Melman Giraffe said:

You have taken the words out of my mouth,

Mine too.

[bazza white]

Sad news I always enjoyed his work, his no reservations series was excellent.

I always remember his Beirut episode. well worth a watch.
https://vimeo.com/203033243

[Truckosaurus]

Where it all began: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1999/04/19/dont...

Don't eat fish on Mondays.

[Davey S2]

Truckosaurus said:

Where it all began: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1999/04/19/dont...

Don't eat fish on Mondays.

Just read that via a link on Twitter. Great stuff

[anonymous-user]

Very sad news

[NorthDave]

Truckosaurus said:

Where it all began: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1999/04/19/dont...

Don't eat fish on Mondays.

Or order a well done steak.

A genuine shame. His books are great. I've only seen him on TV a couple of times but seemed a nice guy.