CELEBRITY CHEF AND TV HOST
ANTHONY BOURDAIN FOUND DEAD IN
A FRENCH HOTEL ROOM.
THE NETWORK CONFIRMS HIS DEATH
WAS A SUICIDE.
I'M KATE MERRILL.
I'M CHRIS MCKINNON.
BOURDAIN WAS WELL KNOWN WORLD
WIDE BUT STARTED IN
MASSACHUSETTS WITH HIS FIRST
JOB AS A DISHWASHER IN PROVINCE
TOWN.
Reporter: CELEBRITY CHEF
ANTHONY BOURDAIN WAS FOUND DEAD
IN A FRIEND OF HOTEL ROOM AFTER
TAKING HIS OWN LIFE.
THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD IS
IN THIS PLATE, IT'S TELLING A
STORY, A PERSONAL ONE, AN OLD
STORY.
Reporter: A LONG TIME HOST
OF PARTS UNKNOWN ON CNN , THE
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 SEIZE TO AMAZE
US, WE WILL MISS HIM VERY MUCH.
THE WHOLE BUSINESS MODEL AND
SYSTEM THAT I CAME UP WITH,
ENCOURAGED US TO MAKE THE MOST
OF EVERY INGREDIENT.
Reporter: ON THE HEELS OF
KATE SPADE'S AND A DAY AFTER
NEW RESEARCH BY THE CENTERS FOR
DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION,
SHOWS A SPIKE IN SUICIDES
ACROSS THE COUNTRY SINCE 1999.
THE BIGGEST INCREASE AMONG
PEOPLE IN THE SAME AGE RANGE AS
BOURDAIN AND SPADE.
MIDDLE AGEED AMERICANS, WHAT
IT MEN AND WOMEN, THEIR RATE
HAS INCREASED.
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Reporter: DR. CHRISTINE IS
CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER FOR THE
AMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR SUICIDE
PREVENTION ASK SAYS A PERSON'S
SUCCESS OR CELEBRITY LIFE DOES
NOT MAKE THEM IMMUNE TO DESPIRE
AND DEPRESSION.
SUICIDE DOES NOT
DISCRIMINATE.
EVERY PERSON, FOMATTER WHAT
THEIR STATUS IN LIFE, IS HUMAN
AT THE CORE OF IT AND WILL
FACE STRUGGLES AND SOMETIMES
IRONICALLY IT'S OUR OWN
IDENTITY AND SELF PERCEPTION
THAT MIGHT KEEP US FROM SEEKING
HELP.
Reporter: TWA'S DIVORCED AND
LEAVES BEHIND AN 11-YEAR-OLD
DAUGHTER.
IF YOU OR SOMEONE YOU LOVE
