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Chef And Television Host Anthony Bourdain Dead At 61

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Anthony Bourdain seen at 2017 PGA Produced By: New York at 1 Time Warner Center on Oct. 28, 2017, in New York. (Mark Von Holden/Invision for Producers Guild of America/AP)
Anthony Bourdain seen at 2017 PGA Produced By: New York at 1 Time Warner Center on Oct. 28, 2017, in New York. (Mark Von Holden/Invision for Producers Guild of America/AP)

Chef and television host Anthony Bourdain has died. He was 61. His employer, CNN, reported that the cause of death was suicide.

Here & Now's Jeremy Hobson looks back at how Bourdain explored cultures through the food he ate and the people he ate with, and revisits an interview with Bourdain from October 2017.


If you or someone you know may be considering suicide, contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255 (En Español: 1-888-628-9454; Deaf and Hard of Hearing: 1-800-799-4889) or the Crisis Text Line by texting 741741.

This segment aired on June 8, 2018.

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