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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I thought he seemed like a jerk and think it's weird how everyone got so into him after he killed himself. [/quote]

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Did you read his books and watch his shows? There is no way any thoughtful person could simply write him off as a jerk after having done so.

And the reason there is so much attention being paid to him now is because he had a massive impact on so many of us.  I have had imaginary conversations with him while cooking for years. His death, coming as it did on the heels of Kate Spade’s, was also enormously difficult for many people struggling with severe depression. I have a good friend who is a therapist who said many of her patients absolutely panicked when he died.  They were thinking that if someone like him, with all his talents, friends, and a daughter he adored, couldn’t find a reason to go on, what hope did they have? My friend said that all of her therapist friends reported similar. [/quote]

As with most people who are as charismatic as he was, he also was very shallow, with little depth, and was a complete narcissist.  I think it is extraordinarily sad that so many people were hoodwinked by that and couldn't see through it.  That said, your post very clearly supports our need in the US for better mental health services for everyone.  It is upsetting that so many people who only knew Anthony Bourdain through his media presence were so devastated by his suicide.[/quote]

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