HIS CAREER IN PLACES LIKE THIS
ONE FROM CHEF TO AUTHOR TO
ADVOCATE AND TV STAR.
ANTHONY BOURDAIN WAS A FORCE,
WHETHER CRAFTING SOMETHING IN
THE KITCHEN OR TELLING A GOOD
STORY.
EXPOSED US TO THINGS WE
NEVER WOULD EVEN TRY.
I JUST LIKED THE WAY HE
PRESENTED HIMSELF.
Reporter: HE WAS FOUND DEAD
IN A HOTEL ROOM IN FRANCE
WHERE HE WAS FILMING AN
EPISODE OF A SHOW PARTS
UNKNOWN.
WE ASKED SIMPLE QUESTIONS,
WHAT MAKES YOU HAPPY, WHAT DO
YOU EAT WHAT DO YOU LIKE TO
GO, AND WE ASK THE QUESTIONS
AND TEND TO GET SOME REALLY
ASTONISHING ANSWERS.
Reporter: BOURDAIN WAS
FOUND UNRESPONSIVE BY HIS
CLOSE FRIEND, A FRENCH CHEF
WHO SAID:
Reporter: INVESTIGATORS IN
STRASBOURG TELL CBS NEWS THE
61-YEAR-OLD'S LIKELY CAUSE OF
DEATH IS SUICIDE BY HANGING.
ACTRESS AND ACTIVIST ASIA AR
JINTAO WAS IN A RELATIONSHIP
WITH HIM POSTING ON HER
TWITTER FEED HE WAS MY LOVE,
MY ROCK, MY PROTECTOR.
HE GREW UP IN NEW JERSEY AND
GRADUATED FROM SCHOOL IN 1973
AND FROM THE CULINARY
INSTITUTE OF AMERICA IN '78.
HE MOVED ON TO NEW YORK CITY
RESTAURANTS.
HIS FIRST BOOK, KITCHEN
CONFIDENTIAL, CATAPULTED HIM
TO FAME IN THE YEAR 2000.
HE ADVOCATED FOR CLEANLINESS,
HEALTHIER FOOD AND BETTER
WORKING CONDITIONS FOR STAFF.
FELT NO REASON NOT TO TELL
THE TRUTH ABOUT A BUSINESS I
BOTH LOVE AND HAVE MIXED
EMOTIONS ABOUT.
HE STOOD UP FOR SOME
PRETTY, YOU KNOW, GOOD STUFF
IN THE INDUSTRY AS FAR AS,
YOU KNOW, FOR EMPLOYEES AND
STUFF LIKE THAT.
IT'S SHOCKING.
YOU THINK EVERYTHING IS GOOD
AND THEN YOU FIND OUT THAT --
YOU CAN'T TELL WITH PEOPLE.
IT'S HARD TO PROCESS.
HE IS VERY WELL SPOKEN AND
KNOWS WHAT HE IS TALKING
ABOUT.
HE IS SOMEONE I TRUSTED WHEN
HE WAS SPEAKING ABOUT FOOD.
Reporter: NOW SHOCKED
REACTIONS AND PRAYERS FOR HIS
FAMILY.
BOURDAIN LEAVES BEHIND AN 11-
YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER.
IN HELL'S KITCHEN, DAVE
CARLIN, CBS 2 NEWS.
TONIGHT FRIENDS AND FANS
REMEMBERING BOURDAIN ON SOCIAL
MEDIA.
WE HAVE MUCH MORE ON OUR
WEBSITE ABOUT BOURDAIN'S LIFE
AND CAREER INCLUDING THOUGHTS
FROM CELEBRITIES AND MORE OF
THAT INTERVIEW FROM 1999 HE
