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How did Anthony Bourdain kill himself?

Well?

by Anonymousreply 177June 17, 2018 2:47 PM

He ate fugu that he purposefully prepared incorrectly.

by Anonymousreply 1June 8, 2018 11:33 PM

Choked on a piece of Kwanzaa Kake.

by Anonymousreply 2June 8, 2018 11:37 PM

I hope someone has serious answer bc I would also like to know.

by Anonymousreply 3June 8, 2018 11:47 PM

I've heard he hanged himself.

by Anonymousreply 4June 8, 2018 11:49 PM

Yes, it's been confirmed that he hanged himself. Probably doped himself up first so he wouldn't feel anything.

by Anonymousreply 5June 8, 2018 11:56 PM

What a weird way to commit suicide. So painful - the bodies much look horrible.

by Anonymousreply 6June 9, 2018 12:21 AM

He had an 11 y/o daughter ..

by Anonymousreply 7June 9, 2018 12:24 AM

R6, Evelyn Waugh commented on the grotesque appearance in his satiric novel about the funeral biz in Los Angeles, "The Loved One":

They told me, Francis Hinsley,

they told me you were hung.

With red protruding eyeballs

and black protruding tongue.

by Anonymousreply 8June 9, 2018 12:30 AM

Hanging ain't pretty but he and the bag woman were found soon enough so their teen children could look at them and wonder why.

A friend of mine - mother Japanese and father American Indian - experienced her mother's hanging differently. The woman told the family she was out of town, turned off the AC, left a packet of horrible and damning letters for the family members, and hanged herself with a very thin piano wire so it cut her throat as she hanged there. A week later they went to the house and found her. Waugh's description does not do what they saw justice, and the pooled blood had congeals and swarms of flies were everywhere.

THAT'S a mother's hate.

by Anonymousreply 9June 9, 2018 12:36 AM

Is it true that when people or hanged or hang themselves they piss and shit themselves as the parts of the body inside that hold those things in, release?

by Anonymousreply 10June 9, 2018 12:44 AM

R10: “Yeah ... maybe.”

by Anonymousreply 11June 9, 2018 12:52 AM

I think that people that unexpectedly hang themselves have gone temporarily nuts. Wanting to commit suicide because of depression or inability to face life is one thing ... committing a brutal violent painful disgusting act is something else again. Sane people can kill themselves. But I don't believe sane people hang themselves.

by Anonymousreply 12June 9, 2018 1:19 AM

R10, that basically happens with most dead bodies within a few hours of death. I think I too have heard it happens quickly with hanging because the spinal cord is often snapped, especially if the body drops like it would in an execution style hanging.

by Anonymousreply 13June 9, 2018 1:33 AM

r13 - I just think the sphincter muscles relax and open up and gravity takes care of the rest ...

by Anonymousreply 14June 9, 2018 1:38 AM

R12 - suicide by hanging is not necessarily a violent death. Hang yourself from a door knob with the rope tied so it cuts off blood flow through the carotid. You will be unconscious in about thirty seconds. You may thrash around for ten minutes for death but since you are unconscious you won't know.

by Anonymousreply 15June 9, 2018 1:44 AM

r15 I take your point .... I'm not the least bit suicidal but if I were I would go for charcoal-burning. It's painless, doesn't make a big mess, and you can get everything you need at the local hardware store. Just like the article says, a few ambien, lots of booze and pleasant dreams !!

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by Anonymousreply 16June 9, 2018 2:08 AM

The equipment you need for hanging is readily available pretty much everywhere out side a jail cell. You don't have to drive to bridge, or acquire a lot of drugs, or buy a gun. It doesn't take has long as slitting your wrists. It can be done very impulsively.

by Anonymousreply 17June 9, 2018 2:18 AM

The Madoff son died by hanging.

by Anonymousreply 18June 9, 2018 2:22 AM

Not my style. I'm a Virgo and don't like messes.

But Aaron Hernandez managed to make it work in jail. Must of used a sheet or his clothing..

by Anonymousreply 19June 9, 2018 2:23 AM

There is so much work involved in hanging oneself that one must be deep deep in depression and really want to die to do it that way

by Anonymousreply 20June 9, 2018 2:27 AM

It must be like: "I really need to kill myself RIGHT NOW .. I can't even wait until morning when I would be so much easier"

by Anonymousreply 21June 9, 2018 2:34 AM

I don't understand the hanging since I'm sure he had access to any drug he wanted.

by Anonymousreply 22June 9, 2018 3:31 AM

Charcoal burning? Jesus how the fuck do people even know this shit?

by Anonymousreply 23June 9, 2018 3:39 AM

he was a known ssexual adventurer....it was an accident, he hung himself , auto erotica asphyxiation, and passed out, then death follows. Very common, hell he prob had ladys undies on....but they wont tell us, unless somebody took a pic.

few loved life as much has he, trust me. he loooooved pussy booze and weed.

by Anonymousreply 24June 9, 2018 3:42 AM

This is how the actor Albert Dekker died.

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by Anonymousreply 25June 9, 2018 3:47 AM

r23 [quote] Charcoal burning? Jesus how the fuck do people even know this shit?

A preferred method of suicide in Japan

by Anonymousreply 26June 9, 2018 3:54 AM

I prefer a mixture of alcohol and Valium

by Anonymousreply 27June 9, 2018 4:18 AM

He and Ripert were gay lovers and had been for years. Something fishy happened here imo.

by Anonymousreply 28June 9, 2018 4:54 AM

R28 No it was that cunt< Asia Argento They had a fight the night before. That hussy was caught fucking that 28 year old Frenchie and Bourdain was despondent. she was fucking Whalestein after supposedly having been raped by him for two years. Didn't AB pay attention to this Italian cuntress and her nutty ways? Italian women will drive you to drink I tell you.

by Anonymousreply 29June 9, 2018 4:59 AM

Wouldn't taking a strong sleeping pill and then sitting in your car with the windows closed and the engine running in your closed garage just put you to sleep and you die in your sleep, painlessly? Hanging just seems like a horrible way to go. I don't know for sure but had assumed that people who died of carbon monoxide poisoning while they were asleep died a peaceful, painless death. They went to sleep and never woke up.

In March I read a heartbreaking story about a family of four from Iowa vacationing in Mexico who died in their Mexico vacation home in their sleep of carbon monoxide poisoning due to a faulty HVAC system. The couple's parents and grandparents and extended family members had said at least they didn't suffer.

by Anonymousreply 30June 9, 2018 5:17 AM

Who cares?

Honestly, all this canonizing of this alcoholic ex-junkie by anyone who's seen him on tv has gotten really old and serves no purpose other than to glamorize suicide for depressed folks who want attention.

by Anonymousreply 31June 9, 2018 5:31 AM

I wonder if it was auto-erotic asphyxiation gone wrong.

by Anonymousreply 32June 9, 2018 5:36 AM

Loved his Quebec Eskimo seal eating version!

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by Anonymousreply 33June 9, 2018 5:55 AM

I love that book r6. I love everything by Evelyn Waugh.

by Anonymousreply 34June 9, 2018 6:07 AM

Giddamnit. I mean r8

R34

by Anonymousreply 35June 9, 2018 6:08 AM

To see how it's done visit b est g ore

by Anonymousreply 36June 9, 2018 6:08 AM

The lead singer of the band Boston died by charcoal.

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by Anonymousreply 37June 9, 2018 6:19 AM

Since he committed suicide, he will never be able to enter the kingdom of heaven. It is not up to us to decide when to go, that has to be left to the Lord.

by Anonymousreply 38June 9, 2018 6:25 AM

“NOT NECESSARILY!”

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by Anonymousreply 39June 9, 2018 6:26 AM

[quote] Since he committed suicide, he will never be able to enter the kingdom of heaven. It is not up to us to decide when to go, that has to be left to the Lord.

He's taking you later today.

by Anonymousreply 40June 9, 2018 6:30 AM

[R19] "must of"? Really? Please kill yourself now.

by Anonymousreply 41June 9, 2018 6:32 AM

[quote]Wouldn't taking a strong sleeping pill and then sitting in your car with the windows closed and the engine running in your closed garage just put you to sleep and you die in your sleep, painlessly?

Yes, except that I lived in Manhattan, Rose. No garage!

by Anonymousreply 42June 9, 2018 6:39 AM

His last words to his friend who found him?

'You guys go ahead of me - I'm just gonna hang'

by Anonymousreply 43June 9, 2018 6:43 AM

his friends knew of his experiments sexually with choking, it just wont be discussed.

death by auto erotic asphyxiation I taboo I presume....to discuss.

asa should have been there with him to make sure he made it thru the death like orgasm unscathed. . . but no...

by Anonymousreply 44June 9, 2018 11:22 AM

^ WTF?

by Anonymousreply 45June 9, 2018 11:37 AM

when someone decides to suicide, do you think they set a day or time to do so? I think of the night before he did it, or Kate Spade, were they thinking this is the last night I'll be alive, tomorrow at 1010 am Im going to hang myself - this will be the last meal I eat, this will be the last morning I wake up? Do they look around where they are and say this is it - my last visuals?

I googled the hotel where AB killed himself - its beautiful. Serene, obviously expensive - do you think he said, 'ok, this is the place, the time, this is the room where they'll find me' or maybe a drug induced decision?

he lived a life that so many strive for - traveling, the world, talking about what he really enjoyed. I think he may have been given a grim medical diagnosis and opted out. It can't be over a shaky time with that Asia Argento girl, she's not worthy of anyone killing themselves - she was a 'lesbian' for a few years - when she thought it would add a provocative dimension to her

by Anonymousreply 46June 9, 2018 11:46 AM

[quote]How did Anthony Bourdain kill himself?

Ennui.

by Anonymousreply 47June 9, 2018 12:10 PM

[quote]Charcoal burning? Jesus how the fuck do people even know this shit?

Brad Delp, the lead singer of Boston killed himself like that.

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by Anonymousreply 48June 9, 2018 12:14 PM

"I've heard he hanged himself."

I've heard he was hung.

by Anonymousreply 49June 9, 2018 12:15 PM

Is auto asphyxiation really even a thing? It’s always brought up when someone commits suicide, but really, do people do this?

by Anonymousreply 50June 9, 2018 12:16 PM

He died eating my pussy. The stink killed him.

by Anonymousreply 51June 9, 2018 12:22 PM

He probably had the Paris trip planned to have romantic rendezvous with Asia. Maybe even ask her to marry him. They broke up and he turned into an emotionally underdeveloped teen boy about it. He'd seen the canonization of Kate Spade and wanted a little of that for himself. Now he leaves a daughter behind who won't even have to pretend to be fucked up like Asia, because she is now fucked. What a selfish prick.

by Anonymousreply 52June 9, 2018 12:26 PM

R46, I suspect that a lot of suicides are impulsive acts. If the person has a history of substance abuse and psychological problems as was reportedly the case with both Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain (depression, anxiety, possible bipolar affective disorder) then that is a person who in theory at least could choose to end his or her life in a dramatic and unpredictable way.

by Anonymousreply 53June 9, 2018 12:31 PM

All this fuss about him leaving his 11 year-old daughter. Doesn't she have a mother to take care of her? Hard for a kid to lose her dad, of course but, somehow, he doesn't strike me as the good father type.

by Anonymousreply 54June 9, 2018 12:40 PM

He could barely make time to spend 5 days with her a month. The kid’ll be fine.

by Anonymousreply 55June 9, 2018 12:45 PM

The trouble with suicide is that the sure fire methods that guarantee death are often messy and painful.

The "painless" and clean methods like pills and carbon monoxide poisoning are just as likely to turn you into a Terri Schiavo. Which would be even worse than death.

You're better off just getting help and living.

by Anonymousreply 56June 9, 2018 12:47 PM

R48, meet R37.

Dick.

by Anonymousreply 57June 9, 2018 12:48 PM

I have read a lot about suicide over the years, esp. suicides from the Golden Gate Bridge. This story stuck with me:

Two women, one in her early 20s, the other in her 40s, both came to the bridge to jump. They didn't know each other. They both climbed over the rail, sat on the chord, and chatted. When responders came to the scene to attempt a rescue, one jumped, and the second followed shortly thereafter.

by Anonymousreply 58June 9, 2018 12:56 PM

Didn’t Robin Williams and Michael Hutchence also die this way? It seems a not unheard of celebrity mode of suicide.

by Anonymousreply 59June 9, 2018 12:58 PM

"Suicide tends to be impulsive. If you can get a person through the moment of impulse, you may save their life.

A suicidal person needs a reality check reminder. Not “you have so much to live for” because that falls flat. Instead think of pushing guilt trigger buttons. “You will kill your mom. You can’t leave your kids without a dad. Your friends will blame themselves for not doing enough to help.”

Strangely, these statements work because you aren’t telling them that they have something to live for. Instead these triggers work because they still love their family and friends and don’t want to hurt them.

Remove any guns from the house and stay by your friend ‘s side. When someone is suicidal, you need to get them through that singular moment. Then, when you’ve gotten through the first moment, you need to get them through the next moment, and so on and so on until they begin to see their value again or they let someone help them.

Once you know your friend is contemplating suicide, you need to get the contact numbers of their mental health team. If they have a therapist or psychiatrist, let the people who are trained know what is going on. Friends/spouses of my clients worry that I am going to think they are being invasive and/or manipulative. You are not. I want to know.

I have clients that have tried to commit suicide. I’m not going to lie; I felt like a failure. But universally, when I have asked them why they didn’t reach out to me for help, they all have said, “Because you would have stopped me.” They intentionally didn’t reach out to me because they knew I would help them. So… CALL ME. Get them help.

If they do not yet have a therapist, get them to the doctor to ask for an antidepressant. Help them take the steps to find a therapist. They may be unable to take this action themselves and may claim they don’t need it. Remember: one of the signs of depression is exhaustion and the inability to do the things that will make you feel better. A good friend will take those steps with them."

by Anonymousreply 60June 9, 2018 1:01 PM

The way most of them do it is not painful. They just put the noose around their necks after having taken enough drugs to render them unconscious. As they go unconscious the body goes limp, the noose tightens and they strangle to death never even knowing it. Very few people who hang themselves put a noose around their necks and jump off something high so that their bodies are no longer touching the ground.

by Anonymousreply 61June 9, 2018 1:10 PM

Excellent post R60. There are not enough W&Ws on this entire board for you.

by Anonymousreply 62June 9, 2018 1:11 PM

yes dear, google it, there are even pix of folks who have done it, hanging or hog tied with ladys undies on, etc....one second too long and the brain goes wak and ur dead.. didn't david carradine do it that way? seems like there were pix of it.

by Anonymousreply 63June 9, 2018 1:14 PM

AB hanged himself with his bathrobe cord in the bathroom.

by Anonymousreply 64June 9, 2018 1:15 PM

Yep, in ladys tights...wild boy...

by Anonymousreply 65June 9, 2018 1:15 PM

Brad Delp killed himself by burning charcoal.

by Anonymousreply 66June 9, 2018 1:23 PM

R58, your anecdote reminds me of another story I read (true? dunno). The few survivors who jumped off the Golden Gate bridge all felt the same thing as they sailed through the air: "I regret jumping." And I suppose they said "ouch" a few times after they became a bag of broken bones.

by Anonymousreply 67June 9, 2018 1:24 PM

The case of Sarah Birnbaum is interesting, too, r67. She didn't get into Stanford, jumped from the bridge, and survived with apparently minor injuries. About a month later, she returned, jumped again, and died. She is the only known person to have survived an attempt from the bridge only to try again and succeed.

by Anonymousreply 68June 9, 2018 1:31 PM

Survivors also say the 4 second drop feels like hours, r67. One woman recalls thinking to herself three separate times on the way down, "I must be getting ready to hit."

by Anonymousreply 69June 9, 2018 1:33 PM

it will take a while but it will be shown he did indeed and had in the past done the auto asphyx erotic thing... he prob to stoned to pull the release chord...

dammit

I loved him and his show!!! one of the best ever ever. DAMMIT !

by Anonymousreply 70June 9, 2018 1:48 PM

[quote] When someone decides to suicide, do you think they set a day or time to do so ...

Actually lots do it exactly that way. That's what assisted suicide is all about. But I agree - I think it's often an impulsive act. A person who frequently has suicidal thoughts might at some point be drunk enough or sad enough or whatever, things just line up and they say - fuck it, BANG

by Anonymousreply 71June 9, 2018 4:04 PM

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by Anonymousreply 72June 9, 2018 4:09 PM

Maybe it's from the robe you get when you stay in expensive hotel room ... they try to think of everything ...

by Anonymousreply 73June 9, 2018 4:12 PM

R54, I wondered that, too. I imagine he didn’t spend all that much time with her, and certainly she’s not going to miss daddy walking through the door at 7:00sharp every night.

But it sucks that she’ll be known as the kid whose father killed himself and everyone will be tiptoeing around her at the worse possible time of her life when girls need a dad.

by Anonymousreply 74June 9, 2018 4:19 PM

Bourdain looked really old recently - his head looked big and blocky. He prided himself in being studly: younger girl friend, tats (that looked stupid). t-shirts, tight jeans... maybe he was having trouble accepting the aging process. .

by Anonymousreply 75June 9, 2018 4:20 PM

^^ worst

My heavens, I can’t believe I did that.

by Anonymousreply 76June 9, 2018 4:20 PM

Did what honey?? Here, relax. Have a cocktail !!

by Anonymousreply 77June 9, 2018 4:22 PM

Does this say mental health?

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by Anonymousreply 78June 9, 2018 4:37 PM

Is a cotton bathrobe belt strong enough to hang oneself on? The man was huge. Something doesn’t add up here.

by Anonymousreply 79June 9, 2018 4:43 PM

R79, it’s not an executioner hanging him from the gallows. All you need to do is cut off the air supply or blood flow.

by Anonymousreply 80June 9, 2018 4:45 PM

Like someone above said - he was probably sitting on the floor with the belt tied to a doorknob and looped around his neck and he just leaned forward. I think this is how Robin Williams did it. I think he was sitting in a chair.

by Anonymousreply 81June 9, 2018 5:17 PM

I just dont get the auto asphyxiation. Who is that horny? Do 61 year old men really bother with that (other than Carradine)? Makes no sense.

by Anonymousreply 82June 9, 2018 6:15 PM

I read Robin was found sitting cross-legged on the floor.

by Anonymousreply 83June 9, 2018 6:18 PM

His fight with Asia Argento pushed him to hang himself. There was no auto erotic anything going on. He couldn't handle the fact that he was dumped.

by Anonymousreply 84June 9, 2018 6:19 PM

He should have gone back to Thailand and stayed of a couple of months. Thailand is extremely kind to aging men - straight or gay ...

by Anonymousreply 85June 9, 2018 7:03 PM

[quote]black protruding tongue

Where have I seen that one before?

by Anonymousreply 86June 9, 2018 7:11 PM

Prophetic review of the Chambard Hotel, the one he killed himself in:

[quote] Decoration in rooms ugly, ours looking like a coffin. We had to change from first one just repainted. Awful smell inside. Toxic.

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by Anonymousreply 87June 9, 2018 7:30 PM

[quote]I just dont get the auto asphyxiation.

I don’t either.

by Anonymousreply 88June 9, 2018 7:32 PM

Where the heck did r38 come from?

by Anonymousreply 89June 9, 2018 7:45 PM

Well - it's always weird when someone who is wealthy with lots of friends and opportunities decides to kill themselves. From my perspective it seem like there were a thousand things he could have done to make his life better before he had to resort to looping bathrobe belt around his neck. If he had of survived I'm sure he would have been grateful.

by Anonymousreply 90June 9, 2018 7:45 PM

Since he left a suicide note, auto-erotic asphyxiation is unlikely.

by Anonymousreply 91June 9, 2018 7:55 PM

I'll bet he was totally fucking drunk ...

by Anonymousreply 92June 9, 2018 8:04 PM

Artist Mike Kelley also used a charcoal BBQ.

by Anonymousreply 93June 9, 2018 8:43 PM

I didn't know Mike Kelley, so I goolged him to see his art

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by Anonymousreply 94June 9, 2018 8:51 PM

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by Anonymousreply 95June 9, 2018 8:52 PM

You know how people look at modern art and say “My kid could do that” and everyone scoffs at the tube who said it?

I’m gonna be that rube because my daughter actually HAS done exactly that.

by Anonymousreply 96June 9, 2018 8:55 PM

[quote] I googled the hotel where AB killed himself - its beautiful. Serene, obviously expensive - do you think he said, 'ok, this is the place, the time, this is the room where they'll find me' or maybe a drug induced decision?

I would totally believe this.

He has mused many times on his show, that this would be "a perfect place or food for a last...." whatever. He never specified suicide, but you know, just in conversation.

And trust me, Bourdain knew ALL the best places. Plus, he absolutely loved France.

He got himself a beautiful room, in a beautiful city, probably ordered a spectacular meal,and then... voila!

by Anonymousreply 97June 9, 2018 8:55 PM

^^ rube

by Anonymousreply 98June 9, 2018 8:56 PM

[quote] He got himself a beautiful room, in a beautiful city, probably ordered a spectacular meal,and then... voila!

Well, it seems to me the perfect ending to a perfect meal would have been pills and vodka - not a tacky bathrobe belt around your neck and flopping around on the floor floor bothering the neighbors ...

by Anonymousreply 99June 9, 2018 9:01 PM

I love you R40.

by Anonymousreply 100June 9, 2018 9:12 PM

[quote]"must of"? Really? Please kill yourself now.

r41 - you are a silly irrelevant queen !!

by Anonymousreply 101June 9, 2018 9:21 PM

[quote] Is it true that when people or hanged or hang themselves they piss and shit themselves

I heard they also ejaculate?

by Anonymousreply 102June 9, 2018 9:22 PM

Only if they have good porn ..

by Anonymousreply 103June 9, 2018 9:23 PM

Does anyone know how the lead singer of Boston died?

by Anonymousreply 104June 9, 2018 9:25 PM

If you have Sonic Youth's Dirty CD, you have a collection of Mike Kelley's art.

by Anonymousreply 105June 9, 2018 9:32 PM

[Quote]Since he left a suicide note, auto-erotic asphyxiation is unlikely.

First I've seen mention of a note. Are you assuming? Or getting this confused with Kate Spade, where there has been news of a note?

by Anonymousreply 106June 9, 2018 9:48 PM

[quote]Does anyone know how the lead singer of Boston died?

lots of detail if you go to the wiki page - here:

Sometime between 11:00 pm on March 8 and 1:20 pm on March 9, 2007, Delp committed suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning at his home in Atkinson, New Hampshire on Academy Avenue.[3] The Atkinson police discovered his body on the floor of his master bathroom after Pamela Sullivan saw a dryer vent tube connected to the exhaust pipe of Delp's car. Two charcoal grills were found to have been lit inside the bathtub causing the room to fill with smoke.[4] A suicide note was paper-clipped to the neck of his T-shirt, which read: "Mr. Brad Delp. 'J'ai une âme solitaire'. I am a lonely soul." Delp left four sealed envelopes in his office addressed to his children, his former wife Micki, his fiancée, and another unnamed couple.[5][6][7] He was 55 years old. The following day, Boston's website was temporarily shut down, the webmaster having replaced their home page with a simple black background and white text message: "We've just lost the nicest guy in rock and roll."[8]

by Anonymousreply 107June 9, 2018 9:56 PM

Somebody tweeted Bourdain this about a day before his suicide. Everything makes sense now:

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by Anonymousreply 108June 9, 2018 10:39 PM

Wow - he really was a nasty drunk ... I agree r108 - things make more sense ...

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by Anonymousreply 110June 9, 2018 10:58 PM

and really ugly tats ...

by Anonymousreply 111June 9, 2018 11:00 PM

[quote]Bourdain looked really old recently - his head looked big and blocky.

If you compare recent photos of his chin and jaw with those taken a few years ago, there's a huge difference. He was starting to look like he had acromegaly.

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by Anonymousreply 112June 9, 2018 11:39 PM

Bourdain was on a total health kick after he met Argento.

He looked like he ate a ton of food, but he said that he only did it for the show. When he wasn't filming, he was on a strict diet, which is why he lost so much weight.

He also started exercising, which is something that he never did before.

She really prompted a lot of changes in his life, and I think that Anthony did it mostly for her. That's what a strong effect she had on his life.

So it's not surprising that he was devastated when he found out he was cheating on him. He really thought that he had found the love of his life.

by Anonymousreply 113June 9, 2018 11:44 PM

r113, it must have made him feel insecure and old. He probably thought she was laughing at him. She seems like a narcissistic and cruel person.

by Anonymousreply 114June 9, 2018 11:54 PM

This was Bourdain's latest installment of Parts Unknown.

It was Hong Kong, and his opening remarks said it all:

"Chapter 1. To fall in love with Asia, is one thing. To fall in love IN Asia, is another. Both, have happened to me."

This show was clearly a love letter to Asia Argento.

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by Anonymousreply 115June 10, 2018 12:00 AM

I don't think Bourdain dabbled in auto erotic fiction. He doesn't seem like the type. Plus he had a girlfriend.

by Anonymousreply 116June 10, 2018 12:04 AM

CNN is currently airing a "Parts Unknown" marathon...

by Anonymousreply 117June 10, 2018 12:25 AM

President Obama episode on right now.

by Anonymousreply 118June 10, 2018 12:35 AM

[quote]If you compare recent photos of his chin and jaw with those taken a few years ago, there's a huge difference. He was starting to look like he had acromegaly.

I think it's because lost so much body weight that it made his head look bigger (and also the skin on his face sagged). Look at his legs in the pic below. His legs are so skinny his knees are knobby.

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by Anonymousreply 119June 10, 2018 12:43 AM

R119 they're both creepy and gross-looking.

by Anonymousreply 120June 10, 2018 12:52 AM

What r113 said.

by Anonymousreply 121June 10, 2018 1:03 AM

R109: how did you get he was a nasty drunk from r108’s video? It’s just people dancing.

by Anonymousreply 122June 10, 2018 1:05 AM

R113 he lost the weight when he took up MMA with his 2nd wife. Get your facts straight.

by Anonymousreply 123June 10, 2018 1:09 AM

I know you always want to be right, R123. But you're not.

Stop being a nasty twat.

by Anonymousreply 124June 10, 2018 1:12 AM

I've never read there was a note, but I remember the late, great gossip threads saying he was bi, into kink and could be a real dick, but not more than most celebrity chefs. I wouldn't be surprised if it was AEA, but it could probably go either way.

by Anonymousreply 125June 10, 2018 1:57 AM

[quote]how did you get he was a nasty drunk from the video? It’s just people dancing.

Maybe nasty was the wrong choice of words but he looks extremely drunk to me. I guess we're viewing it differently

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by Anonymousreply 126June 10, 2018 1:57 AM

Is it possible he was doing HGH? Does that make your head all blocky like that?

by Anonymousreply 127June 10, 2018 2:01 AM

Bless your heart, R107.

by Anonymousreply 128June 10, 2018 2:21 AM

I don't understand why r107 was deleted from the conversation. It's just an ordinary reply - certainly not offensive by DL standards. Brad Delp wasn't a controversial figure and it was a direct quite from Wiki. I've seen this a few times before. A reply just disappears for unknown reasons. Curious ...

by Anonymousreply 129June 10, 2018 2:42 AM

^ I can still see R107. You must have blocked the poster on another thread.

by Anonymousreply 130June 10, 2018 3:30 AM

Duh ... of course ... thanks for letting me know !!!

by Anonymousreply 131June 10, 2018 3:37 AM

Since he committed suicide, he will never be able to enter the kingdom of heaven. It is not up to us to decide when to go, that has to be left to the Lord.

In total agreement, r38. And also wanted to add: God gave everyone on this earth the most precious gift of all. The gift of life. When people commit suicide it's as if they're throwing that gift away in the trash.

by Anonymousreply 132June 10, 2018 3:39 AM

Thanks Sister Mary Douchebag

by Anonymousreply 133June 10, 2018 3:42 AM

You're welcome, stupid ass. Just stating the truth.

by Anonymousreply 134June 10, 2018 3:43 AM

r132 if it were up to me I would make both of you crazies go away ..

by Anonymousreply 135June 10, 2018 3:45 AM

And the appeal of Asia Argento is what? She’s seems very underwhelming.

by Anonymousreply 136June 10, 2018 4:00 AM

Wait. Is all this adoration about Bourdain having an old man 6 pack and some rumor of a big dick? Cuz the man was interesting but a bit gross and inattentive to those he loved. If a younger crazy one got the best of him then he maybe made a fool of himself for hitching on her ride. #metoo became absurdly sincere for these people. Still I don't think the Bedouin and the Argento were done. Old men lose the sexy drive like so many here on DL have already suffered. Don't forget that straight white men go soft on love and kids at their sensitive time but still have a FUCKING meltdown about not being as sexy as they thought they were before. Bourdain loved women but had some disdain for relationships. Interesting fellow but I agree with the poster upthread who thinks that the celebration of tasting and judging food is one of the more bizarre and useless forms of entertainment to come along. Bourdain got to do his own thing and Don Lemon had to pretend that he knew what it was. It's hard to lose love, hard to believe in it too. It's not hard to believe that men and women kill themselves over it. There is nothing sweeter, it's what we are here for. To give and receive love.

by Anonymousreply 137June 10, 2018 4:11 AM

Who the fuck writes this fawning bullshit? Makes me want to hang myself:

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by Anonymousreply 138June 10, 2018 4:13 AM

r137 well said !!

by Anonymousreply 139June 10, 2018 4:14 AM

r138 definitely heavier in this pic ... (and looked better !)

by Anonymousreply 140June 10, 2018 4:16 AM

[quote]tasting and judging food is one of the more bizarre and useless forms of entertainment

Food is one of life's joys and tasting and judging food is a rare talent ...

by Anonymousreply 141June 10, 2018 4:19 AM

I don’t view Tony as a connessier of fine food. He was about food adventure. Two different animals.

by Anonymousreply 142June 10, 2018 4:22 AM

I absolutely do think he had been taking HGH, and it will change the shape of the head a bit. It has altered Stallone's head and face over the years.

Pretty much everyone who works on camera and is 40 and up take HGH. It's a given these days.

by Anonymousreply 143June 10, 2018 7:02 AM

R126: that is not him dancing in the video. Anthony is briefly seen clinking his cup with someone

by Anonymousreply 144June 10, 2018 9:24 AM

The old guy dancing is the director of photography.

All of Bourdain's crew are now out of a job as well as losing their friend.

by Anonymousreply 145June 10, 2018 9:32 AM

So we have our three now. Kate Spade, Anthony Bourdain, and Dave Slick. The trifecta is complete now. Three celebrity suicides in a week.

by Anonymousreply 146June 10, 2018 3:36 PM

If Google can't autocomplete with the first name and two letters into a person's last name, they're not a celebrity.

by Anonymousreply 147June 10, 2018 3:41 PM

r146 I'm sorry for everyone's loss but we need more entries....

by Anonymousreply 148June 10, 2018 4:55 PM

Good one R147

by Anonymousreply 149June 10, 2018 5:21 PM

Danny Kirwin of the old Fleetwood Mac, dead at 68.

by Anonymousreply 150June 10, 2018 5:45 PM

Obligatory oh dear at r142....

by Anonymousreply 151June 10, 2018 7:44 PM

R38 and R132 can go cradle their mugs elsewhere.

by Anonymousreply 152June 10, 2018 8:44 PM

This has been a great thread. I've enjoyed participating from the start. Everyone has been polite and thoughtful. Many thanks !!

by Anonymousreply 153June 11, 2018 12:19 AM

R152 LOL. Best post yet!

by Anonymousreply 154June 11, 2018 2:19 AM

His wife Asa led him down a dark path, alas, when she left him and threatened to withhold his daughter from him, he had … nothing.

by Anonymousreply 155June 11, 2018 6:06 AM

he admitted to taking steroids, as many old timers do, for energy, its like speed.....fuks with the mind.

by Anonymousreply 156June 11, 2018 6:07 AM

R155, Asia was his girlfriend, alas, and not the mother of his child.

by Anonymousreply 157June 11, 2018 6:11 AM

t age 60 and up, I don't care how well you eat, exercise and care for yourself, it is virtually impossible to attain that long, lean, sinewy look AB was sporting in that pic upthread where he is in cutoff jean shorts and no shirt without steroids or HGH.

I am not sure about his hair....he had a magnificent head of hair for any age. But once gain, HGH will do wonders for a man or woman whose hair has begun to thin.

by Anonymousreply 158June 11, 2018 6:27 AM

Dear lord in heaven, r155!

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by Anonymousreply 159June 11, 2018 6:44 AM

I find this interesting. The photographer (who regrets taking the pictures) says Asia begged him to delete them. But Rose said they were in an open relationship so Anthony wouldn't have minded. If this photographer is telling the truth, then why would Asia care whether or not these pictures were deleted? Something isn't adding up. Either Rose/Asia or the photographer are full of it.

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by Anonymousreply 160June 13, 2018 12:44 AM

R160 Rose is so full of shit. AB told all his friends how head over heels in love he was with that woman. Rose's bullshity spin is so ludicrous. What Rose should have said: "they had an open relationship and Tony didn't know about it!"

by Anonymousreply 161June 13, 2018 1:23 AM

A couple of Blind Items.

143. ENTERTAINMENT LAWYER 06/08 **#18** She Didn't Go: It was supposed to look like a murder/suicide. That had been the plan all along. The plan that had been in place since March. Then, as she began to get more and more attention and acclaim, suddenly her schedule was too busy and she couldn't make it. What to do, what to do? Improvise. Do what they always do. Make it look like all the rest they have done, but also make sure they send a message to her. Apparently they sent her a picture with no words. Just the picture. I'm guessing she got the message. In the next few weeks we will see if she ignores the message or continues to be brave and fight the good fight. Asia Argento/Anthony Bourdain (#MeToo movement)

179. ENTERTAINMENT LAWYER 06/11 **#9** He knew it was coming. One producer says in all the time they filmed, unless he had horrible food poisoning, our celebrity would be in his room only for sleeping/passing out. This time was different. It was almost as if he was hiding in his room and he kept saying they are coming. He had been perfectly normal until he received word of the death of several people, but one in particular who would make sure the person with information would remain quiet. It took less than a week for them to come for our celebrity. Anthony Bourdain

by Anonymousreply 162June 13, 2018 1:25 AM

I am so sick of hearing about how amazing and inspiring this guy was. If he was so 'together' why did he kill himself?

by Anonymousreply 163June 13, 2018 1:30 AM

[quote] This time was different. It was almost as if he was hiding in his room and he kept saying they are coming.

[quote] It took less than a week for them to come for our celebrity

R162, please explain this. It sounds so sinister.

by Anonymousreply 164June 13, 2018 1:31 AM

Jfc, these nutty conspiracy trolls are such an embarrassment.

by Anonymousreply 165June 13, 2018 2:30 AM

I don't get the conspiracy nuts either. Rose went public with her absurd letter trying to shield Asia from blame for his suicide after she was caught with the other dude. There is no conspiracy; just a man who was obsessed with a woman who was two-timing him, while he wasn't even properly divorced yet!

by Anonymousreply 166June 13, 2018 2:36 AM

Whether to kill yourself or not is one of the most important decisions a teenager can make.

by Anonymousreply 167June 13, 2018 2:45 AM

"Another Pleasant Valley Sun-day-ay-ay, -ay,

Charcoal burning everywhere . . ."

by Anonymousreply 168June 13, 2018 3:00 AM

R159's gif is a keeper.

by Anonymousreply 169June 16, 2018 12:22 PM

[quote]So we have our three now. Kate Spade, Anthony Bourdain, and Dave Slick. The trifecta is complete now. Three celebrity suicides in a week.

In what world is Dave Slick any kind of celebrity?

by Anonymousreply 170June 16, 2018 12:24 PM

in the porn world he was popular and liked a lot.....

porn stars are every bit as important/legitimate as movie or any other damn kind of star, maybe more so: they give their lives for us.

by Anonymousreply 171June 16, 2018 12:27 PM

I have vertigo. I mostly control it and can even ski and mountain climb at high altitudes. My preferred suicide method would be to ski off an impressive cliff, just for the fuck you to my Vertigo and the thrill and terror of the fall down. Needless to say it would be selfish because it costs thousands to remove such bodies. So best I set up a fund to cover that.

by Anonymousreply 172June 16, 2018 12:30 PM

So THIS is the French reporter that Bourdain's wife was supposedly cheating with? LOL! Is he even straight?

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by Anonymousreply 173June 16, 2018 1:24 PM

Hillary Clinton had him assassinated!!!

by Anonymousreply 174June 16, 2018 2:00 PM

Hugo Clement is married isn't he?

Bourdain posed nude with some bone that noted Occultist and general nutjob, Marina Abramovic supposedly gave him. You know the crazy bitch that went spirit cooking with Podesta? It has everything to do with Marina and Asia's witchcraft(and general cuntiness) and nothing to do with Hillary.

by Anonymousreply 175June 16, 2018 10:43 PM

Omifuckingod. I miss asylums and forced lobotomies

by Anonymousreply 176June 17, 2018 2:15 PM

R176 Yes you need to put in one and have a lobotomy. You're another misinformation loon.

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by Anonymousreply 177June 17, 2018 2:47 PM
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