Anthony Bourdain Real Cause of Death: Celebrity Chef Saw Himself Transform Into A 'Monster' Before Suicide
A biographer has identified a plausible explanation why renowned chef Anthony Bourdain committed suicide.
In June 2018, Bourdain was discovered hanging in his room at the Le Chambard hotel in Kayserberg, in the north-eastern Alsace area, by his friend Eric Ripert. He was in France filming an episode of his award-winning CNN show, "Parts Unknown."
During that time, the French chef tweeted about his friendship with Bourdain, calling him "an outstanding human being, so inspiring & giving."
Anthony Bourdain's Real Cause of Death
According to author Charles Leerhsen who spoke to The Sun, Anthony Bourdain committed suicide after becoming the monster he said fame would never become him.
Bourdain, 61, apparently recognized he was a bully and a terrible father in the last days before his death and grew fascinated with his younger lover.
Bourdain was in a relationship with actress Asia Argento at the time.
It resulted in Bourdain's death during a despairing moment at the French hotel.
In his unofficial biography, "Down and Out in Paradise - The Life of Anthony Bourdain," Leerhsen outlines his thoughts on Bourdain's life, which collapsed in June 2018 after his Italian movie star girlfriend was seen with another guy in Rome.
According to the 73-year-old former Sports Illustrated executive editor, Anthony Bourdain was 42 years old when he rose to fame.
"He was a mature guy, and he understood what was happening to him more than a younger person would if they became famous in their twenties."
Leerhsen feels that in Bourdain's final months, if not hours, the award-winning chef experienced a moment of enlightenment that was also a moment of anguish "because it was the thing he pledged never to become."
Anthony Bourdain's Booze Addiction
Other factors that may have led to Bourdain's death were the fact that his drinking and incessant travel had worn him down to the point that he couldn't find a way out.
Leerhsen added that Bourdain became too fatigued from drinking to mend things and travel, which led to the brief time when he chose to do what he did.
"He'd always been a very impetuous guy, full of romantic great ideas, and I believe it fit into that pattern of his life, that he recognized he'd become the person he'd pledged never to be."
Booze was apparently a part in achieving that condition; after all, Bourdain was hooked to heroin in his early years as a chef, and his poison of choice for years was alcohol.
In fact, on the night he died, a coroner decided he had a drunken meal on his own and drank quite a bit.
