FANS ACROSS THE WORLS ARE
MOURNING THE LOSS OF ANTHONY
BOURDAIN..
THE 61-YEAR TV HOST WAS FOUND
DEAD, THE VICTIM OF AN APPARENT
SUICIDE.
HE WAS KNOWN FOR TARVELLING THE
WORLD.. AND SEVERAL YEARS AGO,
HE MADE A STOP IN THE MINING
CITY. MTN'S JOHN EMEIGH REFLECTS
ON HIS TRIP TO BIG SKY COUNTRY.
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EMEIGH: IN OCTOBER OF 2015,
ANTHONY BOURDAIN
STOPPED IN BUTTE WITH A FILM
CREW TO SHOOT AND EPISODE OF HIS
CNN TRAVEL SHOW "PARTS UNKNOWN."
IT WAS CLEAR THE LATE CELEBRITY
CHEF AND JOURNALIST MADE A
LASTING IMPRESSION ON
THOSE WHO MET HIM.
BRIAN MCGREGOR: AND I FOUND HIM
TO BE REALLY INTERESTING,
CYNICAL TO A FAULT, ALMOST, HE
HAD A HEALTHY CYNISIM, BUT HE
WAS THE KIND OF GUY I'D LIKE TO
SPEND MORE TIME WITH.
EMEIGH: AMANDA CURTIS
REMEMBERS SPEAKING WITH BOURDAIN
ABOUT BUTTE'S LABOR
HISTORY.
CURTIS: HE WAS GREAT TO TALK TO
HE WAS KIND, HE WAS REALLY
INTERESTING AND ENGAGING I COULD
HAVE SAT THERE AND DRANK WHISKEY
WITH HIM ALL NIGHT.
I WAS JUST SO PLEASED WITH THE
WAY HE PORTRAYED THE
MONTANA AND THE BUTTE THAT I
KNOW AND I FELT JUST SO PROUD TO
BE FROM HERE.
EMEIGH: FOR DON ANDREWS,
BOURDAIN WAS HIS IDOL WHEN HE
WAS YOUNGER, BECAUSE HE
WANTED TO BE A CHIEF.
HE MET HIM YEARS EARLIER IN
PORTLAND, BUT DIDN'T HAVE A
PIECE OF PAPER FOR AN AUTOGRAPH.
ANDREWS: AND SO I JUST TOOK OFF
MY HAT AND HAD HIM SIGN MY HEAD
AND I WAS SO EXCITED I RAN HOME
THROUGH THE PORTLAND RAIN
AND WAS GOING TO TAKE A PICTURE
OF IT, BUT BY THE TIME I GOT
HOME THE RAIN HAD MADE IT JUST
RUN AND I JUST LOOKED LIKE A
DERANGED
CLOWN.
EMEIGH: THOSE HOW GOT A
CHANCE TO MEET WITH ANTHONY
BOURDAIN DURING HIS VISIT TO THE
MINING CITY SAID HE WAS
GENUINELY INTERESTED IN BUTTE'S
LABOR
HISTORY.
THEY ALSO SAID HE HAD A BIT OF A
ZEST FOR EXCESS AND SOMEWHAT OF
A DARK SAID.
ANDREWS: I THINK HE WENT THROUGH
A WHOLE BOTTLE OF THE NEVERSWEAT
DURING THAT
SCENE.
YEAH, HE COULD DEFINITELY PUT
THEM AWAY. MCGREGOR: HE WAS KIND
OF DARK,
YOU KNOW, WHATEVER THE SUBJECT
WAS HE WOULD PULL OUT
THE MOST DARKEST OPTION OF
CONVERSION.
YOU TALK ABOUT THE HISTORY OF
THE UNITED STATES AND HE'D
START TALKING ABOUT GENOCIDE,
THAT KIND OF THING. EMEIGH:
THOSE WHO MET THIS
GREAT STORY-TELLER FOUND HIS
DEATH BY SUSPECTED
SUICIDE SHOCKING, BUT DON
ANDREWS WON'T CALL IT A TRAGEDY.
ANDREWS: YOU KNOW, I DON'T
THINK OF HIS DEATH AS A TRAGEDY,
BECAUSE I THINK OF HIS LIFE AS
SUCH A MAGNIFICENT THING.
YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S JUST THE
END AND ALL STORIES HAVE TO COME
TO
AN END, IT DOESN'T MAKE IT A BAD
STORY. EMEIGH: IN BUTTE JOHN
EMEIGH MTN
NEWS.




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