[UPDATE] I’ve been wondering why Bourdain died. This Weinstein theory is interesting. But then learned:

Anthony Bourdain *publicly* mentioned suicide 19 times — All documented!

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Published October 15, 2019

Anthony Bourdain helped get Ronan Farrow’s Harvey Weinstein exposé published

By Jackie Salo | New York Post

Farrow was initially reporting the story for NBC, but the network derailed its publication — so Bourdain urged The New Yorker to run the story, Farrow writes in his new tome “Catch and Kill.”

The late chef had been dating actress Asia Argento, who told Farrow that Weinstein sexually assaulted her.

Bourdain — who had been “supportive of Argento speaking” — dropped a line to magazine editor David Remnick, telling him that Weinstein’s behavior was sickening and that “everyone” had known about the allegations for too long.

“I am not a religious man,” Bourdain wrote. “But I pray you have the strength to run this story.” …

The story ultimately helped bring down Weinstein and won a Pulitzer Prize for service journalism.

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