Anthony Bourdain: pot washer who made the big time

Anthony Bourdain was the bad boy of the restaurant trade who wanted to eat his way to world peace.

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Bourdain: the Hunter S Thompson of the kitchen
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"Tony had been in a dark mood these past couple of days," said Anthony Bourdain's mother, reported in The New York Times. But she had no idea why her son might have decided to kill himself. "He had everything," she said. "Success beyond his wildest dreams. Money beyond his wildest dreams." Bourdain died earlier this month at the age of 61.

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