LIVE FROM STUDIO 46, THIS IS
CBS 2 NEWS AT NOON.
RIGHT NOW ON CBS 2 AT NOON,
THE WORLD IN SHOCK AFTER THE
UNTIMELY DEATH OF SHEP ANTHONY
BOURDAIN THAT AFTERNOON I AM
DICK BRENNAN IMPORT CHRIS
WRAGGE.
I AM MARY CALVI.
HE WAS FOUND DEAD IN A HOTEL
ROOM IN FRANCE AFTER AN
APPARENT SUICIDE.
HE WAS THERE WORKING ON THE
UPCOMING HIT OF HIS NEW SERIES
LIVE WITH MORE ON THE TRULY
SHOCKING DEATH.
Reporter: VERY SHOCKING.
CHEF AND AUTHOR, ADVOCATE AND
TELEVISION STAR, ANTHONY
BOURDAIN'S SKILLS AND STYLES
FASCINATED PEOPLE FROM HERE ON
THE NEW YORK CITY RESTAURANT
ROW TO ALL OVER THE WORLD.
HE WAS KNOWN AS THE ORIGINAL
ROCK SCAR -- STAR OF THE
CULINARY WORLD.
THE SMITHSONIAN DUBBED HIM THE
ELVIS OF BAD BOY CHEFS.
HE WAS A FOURTH, CRAFTING
SOMETHING IN THE KITCHEN AND
TELLING A GOOD STORY.
HE WAS FOUND DEAD IN THE HOTEL
ROOM IN FRANCE WHERE HE WAS
FILMING AN EPISODE OF HIS CNN
SERIES PARTS UNKNOWN.
3 WE ASKED SIMPLE QUESTIONS,
WHAT MAKES YOU HAPPY?
WHAT DO YOU EAT?
WHAT DO YOU LIKE TO COOK?
WE ASK SIMPLE QUESTIONS AND WE
TEND TO GET SOME REALLY
ASTONISHING ANSWERS.
Reporter: HE WAS FOUND
UNRESPONSIVE BY HIS CLOSE
FRIEND, THE FRENCH CHEF ERIC
REPAIR.
INVESTIGATORS IN STRASBURG AND
HER -- CONFIRMED THAT AT THIS
STAGE, HIS LIKELY CAUSE OF
DEATH IS SUICIDE BY HANGING.
THEY DO NOT BELIEVE THAT ANYONE
ELSE WAS INVOLVED.
THE WORLD TRAVELER HAD A
SPECIAL PLACE IN HIS HEART FOR
NEW YORK CITY.
I AM A NEW YORKER.
I HAVE LIVED HERE SINCE I WAS
17.
Reporter: HE WAS BORN HERE
AND GREW UP IN NEW JERSEY AND
GRADUATED IN 1973.
HE GRADUATED FROM THE CULINARY
INSTITUTE OF AMERICA IN 1978.
HE MOVED ON TO SEVERAL NEW YORK
CITY RESTAURANTS.
HIS FIRST BOOK, KITCHEN
CONFIDENTIAL, ADVENTURES IN THE
CULINARY UNDERBELLY CATAPULTED
HIM TO FAME IN THE YEAR 2000.
LEADING UP TO THAT HE WROTE AN
EXPOSI FOR NEW YORKER MAGAZINE
AND A CBS 2 DID A REPORT WITH
HIM INTERVIEWING HIM IN APRIL
1999.
HE TOOK VIEWERS BEHIND THE
SCENES INTO THE KITCHENS WHERE
HE WAS A WHISTLEBLOWER.
HE ADVOCATED FOR CLEANLINESS,
HEALTHIER FOOD, AND BETTER
WORKING CONDITIONS FOR STAFF.
CONNECT I WAS IN A CRANKY MOOD
AFTER MY LAST RESTAURANT CLOSED
AND FELT NO REASON NOT TO TELL
THE TRUTH ABOUT A BUSINESS THAT
I LOVE AND HAVE MIXED EMOTIONS
ABOUT.
Reporter: THAT WAS THEN AND
THIS IS LAST WEEK, THE CANDID
PHOTOGRAPH OF HIM IN THE NEW
YORK CITY RESTAURANT, ONE OF
THE LAST IMAGES OF THIS MAN.
ALONG THIS BLOCK OF WEST 46th
STREET, RESTAURANT ROW IN HELLS
KITCHEN, HE IS REMEMBERED AS A
HERO FOR HIS ADVOCACY,
PHILANTHROPY, AND HIS APPEALING
PERSONAL STYLE.
HE DID SOME COOL THINGS.
HE STOOD UP FOR SOME PRETTY
GOOD STUFF IN THE INDUSTRY, AS
FAR AS FOR EMPLOYEES AND STUFF
LIKE THAT.
YOU ARE ALWAYS SHOCKED WHEN YOU
SEE SOMETHING LIKE THAT THAT IS
MORE OR LESS SITTING ON TOP OF
THE WORLD AND YOU THINK
EVERYTHING IS GOOD WITH THEM
AND THEN YOU FIND OUT THAT YOU
CANNOT TELL.
HE ALWAYS REACHED OUT TO THE
PEOPLE WHEREVER HE WAS I
DISCOVERED ALL DIFFERENT KINDS
OF CUISINE AND BROUGHT IT INTO
PEOPLE'S HOMES LIKE OUR HELP
THEY EXPOSED US TO THINGS THAT
WE WOULD NEVER THINK TO TRY.
I LIKE THE WAY HE PRESENTED
HIMSELF.
Reporter: PEOPLE HERE ARE
EXPRESSING A SENSE OF SHOCK AND
