Anthony Bourdain Is Dead at 61
Photo Caption: Anthony Bourdain filming an episode of "Parts Unknown" in 2016.
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It is difficult to overstate how much Anthony Bourdain changed food tourism and the general public’s understanding of what went down in restaurant kitchens, both negatively and positively.
Television host, writer, and chef Anthony Bourdain is dead at age 61, according to CNN. The cause of death was reported as suicide.
Over the last 16 years Bourdain had transformed himself from chef-turned-author to author-turned-television host, defining the early days for the Travel Channel, and then creating an even larger audience at CNN. One week he'd share a beer and rice noodles with President Barack Obama in Vietnam, the
