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Anthony Bourdain is Dead at 61

Sad news indeed.

I think we were likely worlds apart in our views on politics and nearly everything else.
But he was very talented, and I did find his shows to be quite entertaining.

Initial reports are that it may have been suicide. Always a topic that hits close to home
for me as I had a cousin who committed suicide fifteen years ago.

RIP
 
He admitted he had demons. He also had a tremendous talent. That alone was worth saving. This only continues the discussion of how to help those in need, and how those in need of help need to get help in their despair. A very complicated issue, but one we can do a better job understanding and recognizing.
 
https://pagesix.com/2018/08/21/asia...sault-says-payoff-was-anthony-bourdains-idea/

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/n...im-says-anthony-bourdain-paid-accuser-1136314

Apparently this comes on Bourdain. Apparently Bourdain was sending hush money to protect someone else. This might be one factor why Bourdain went insane though.

. The Italian actress, who was one of the first to publicly accuse Harvey Weinstein of sexual assault, responds to a report that she allegedly paid off her own sexual assault accuser.
Asia Argento on Tuesday morning denied that she ever had a sexual relationship with an underage male in response to a Sunday New York Times report.

The Italian actress, who was one of the first to publicly accuse Harvey Weinstein of sexual assault, was accused of secretly paying off a young male actor who accused her of sexual misconduct in the months after her revelations about the disgraced movie mogul.

Argento said the assault never happened. However, she did say a payment was made to child actor Jimmy Bennett by her then-boyfriend, the late Anthony Bourdain, so Bennett would stop harassing them.

"I am deeply shocked and hurt having read the news that is absolutely false," she said in a statement obtained by journalist Yashar Ali. "I have never had any sexual relationship with Bennett."

Argento says Bennett tried to extort her. And rather than having a long, drawn-out battle in the press amid the Weinstein scandal, it was Bourdain who said a payment would be made in order to make the situation disappear, she said.

"This is, therefore, the umpteenth development of a sequence of events that brings me great sadness and that constitutes a long-standing persecution," Argento continued in the statement. "I have therefore no other choice but to oppose such false allegations and will assume in the short term all necessary initiatives for my protection before all competent venues."

Now 22, Bennett was a prolific child actor and notably starred as a young James T. Kirk in the 2009 Star Trek reboot. He also had roles in Poseidon, Evan Almighty and Firewall. Argento and Bennett co-starred in 2004's The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things, which Argento wrote and directed. Bennett played Argento's son.
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https://pagesix.com/2018/09/02/cnn-pulls-asia-argento-episodes-of-parts-unknown/

Update CNN has pulled 2 Anthony Bourdain Episodes due to the Asia Argento Scandal.

CNN is pulling all episodes of “Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown” featuring Asia Argento, following allegations that the Italian actress and activist sexually assaulted an underage former co-star.

The outspoken #MeToo activist, who was dating Bourdain at the time of his suicide earlier this year, appeared in two episodes of the show filmed in Rome and Southern Italy and directed another episode in Hong Kong. All three have been removed from CNN’s streaming service CNN Go, the network announced.

“In light of the recent news reports about Asia Argento, CNN will discontinue airing past episodes of ‘Parts Unknown’ that included her, until further notice,” a CNN spokesperson told Buzzfeed News on Saturday.

Argento, 42, has also been dropped as a judge from the upcoming 12th season of the “X Factor Italy.”

Last month, the New York Times reported that Argento paid former child actor Jimmy Bennett $380,000 in hush money after he accused her of sexually assaulting him when he was 17 and she was 37.

Argento staunchly denied “any sexual relationship” with Bennett, but acknowledged the payment – claiming her former beau Bourdain “personally undertook to help Bennett economically” fearing the bad press.
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The Anthony Bourdain Conspiracy Theory on why he died is getting crazier.
 
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