STORYTELLING THAT CHANGED THE
WAY PEOPLE LOOKED AT FOOD AND
THE WORLD.
CBS 2'S DAVE CARLIN HAS MORE.
Reporter: ANTHONY BOURDAIN
HAD SKILL AND STYLE, KNOWN AS
THE ORIGINAL ROCK STAR OF THE
CULINARY WORLD, WHO INFLUENCED
HOW AND WHAT WE ATE AND PLACES
WE WANTED TO VISIT.
THE 61-YEAR-OLD DIED IN A
HOTEL ROOM IN FRANCE WHERE HE
WAS WORKING ON AN EPISODE OF
PARTS UNKNOWN HIS SERIES ON
CNN.
POLICE IN STRASBOURG SAID THE
LIKELY CAUSE OF DEATH IS
SUICIDE BY HANGING.
BOURDAIN WAS FOUND
UNRESPONSIVE BY HIS CLOSE
FRIEND, FRENCH CHEF ERIC
RIPERT.
I'M A NEW YORKER LIVED HERE
SINCE I WAS 17.
Reporter: HE GREWHE WORKED
IN SEVERAL NEW YORK CITY
KITCHENS.
HIS FIRST BOOK, KITCHEN
CONFIDENTIAL, IN 2000, BROUGHT
HIM FAME.
NOT LONG BEFORE THE RELEASE OF
THE BOOK HE WAS INTERVIEWED BY
CBS 2. HE ADVOCATED FOR BETTER
FOOD AND KITCHEN CLEANLINESS
AND BETTER CONDITIONS FOR
RESTAURANT WORKERS.
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.
HE IS SOMEONE I TRUSTED WHEN
