PLAYERS LIKE IT
SHOCK AND HEART BREAK IN
THE CULINARY WORLD THIS NOON
CELEBRITY CHEF ANTHONY
BOURDAIN WHO TRAVEL THE WORLD
TO SHOW VIEWERS FOOD FROM
DIFFERENT CULTURES IS DEAD AND
AUTHORITIES SAY IT WAS SUICIDE
IT IS SECOND HIGH PROFILE
SUICIDE THIS WEEK, GOOD
AFTERNOON I'M RAHEL SOLOMON.
I'M JAN CARABAO IN FOR JIM
DONOVAN.
BOURDAIN WAS KNOWN AS AN
ADVENTURER, STORY TELLER AND
CONNOISSEUR.
FRIENDS, FAMILY AND FANS
ARE MOURNING HIS DEATH, NICKI
BATISTE LOOKS BACK AT HIS
COLUMN OR FULL LIFE AND CAREER
REPORTER: CELEBRITY CHEF
ANTHONY BOURDAIN WAS FOUND
DEAD IN A FRENCH HOTEL ROOM
THIS MORNING AFTER TAKING HIS
OWN LIFE.
THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD,
IT IS IN THIS PLATE, IT IS
TELLING A STORY OFTEN A VERY
PERSONAL ONE, A VERY BOLD
STORY REPORT REPORT LONG TIME
HOST OF PARTS UNKNOWN ON CNN,
NETWORK SAYS A FRIEND FOUND
THE 61 YEAR-OLD FATHER
UNRESPONSIVE AND CONFIRMED HIS
DEATH, WAS A SUICIDE.
IN A STATEMENT, CNN SAID HIS
TALENTS, NEVER SEIZED TO AMAZE
US AND WE WILL MISS HIM VERY
MUCH.
THE WHOLE BUSINESS MARYLAND
HE WILL, WHOLE SYSTEM, AND,
AND, AND, MAKE THE MOST OF
EVERYONE.
REPORTER: BOURDAIN'S
SUICIDE COMES THE HEELS
OBFUSCATE SPADE AND ONE DAY
AFTER NEW RESEARCH BY CENTER
FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND
PREVENTION, SHOWS A SPIKE IN
SUICIDE IS A CROSS THE COUNTRY
SINCE 1999.
BIGGEST INCREASE HAS BEEN
AMONG PEOPLE IN THE SAME AGE
RANGE AS BOTH BOURDAIN AND
FIVE FIVE-YEAR OLD SPADE.
MIDDLE-AGED AMERICANS AND
IN PARTICULAR, WHITE MEN, AND
WOMAN, THEY ARE RATE HAS
LISTEN THE MOST, BETWEEN 50
AND 65 PERCENT.
REPORTER: DOCTOR CHRISTINE
IS CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER FOR
AMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR
SUICIDE PREVENTION.
SHE SAYS THAT A PERSON'S
SUCCESS OR CELEBRITY, LIFE,
DOES NOT MAKE THEM IMMUNE TO
DESPAIR AND DEPRESSION.
SUICIDE, ACTUALLY DOES NOT
DISCRIMINATE.
THE TRUTH IS THAT EVERY PERSON
NO MATTER WHAT THEIR STATUS IN
LIFE IS HUMAN, AT THE CORE OF
THIS AND WILL FACE THESE KINDS
OF STRUGGLES AND SOMETIMES,
IRONICALLY, IT IS OUR OWN ON,
IDENTITY, AND OURSELF
PERCEPTION THAT MIGHT KEEP US
FROM SEEKING HELP.
REPORTER: BOURDAIN WAS
TWICE DIVORCED AND LEAVES
BEHIND AN 11 YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER
NICKI BATISTE FOR CBS-3
"EYEWITNESS NEWS".
REMEMBER IF YOU OR SOMEONE
YOU LOVE NEEDS HELP THE
NATIONAL SUICIDE PREVENTION
HOT LINE IS 800273-TALK OR
