US Celebrity Chef and TV Host Anthony Bourdain Dead at 61: CNN

US Celebrity Chef and TV Host Anthony Bourdain Dead at 61: CNN
Chef and television personality Anthony Bourdain arrives at the 65th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards in Los Angeles, California, U.S., September 15, 2013. Reuters/Jonathan Alcorn/File Photo
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U.S. celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain, host of CNN’s food-and-travel-focused “Parts Unknown” television series, has died at the age of 61, the network said on Friday, June 8.

The cause of death was suicide, the network said in a statement. He was found dead in a hotel room in France where he had been working on an upcoming episode of his program, the network said.