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aldude
climber
Monument Manor
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Hmmm....no suicide note. Could this be another case of auto-asphyxiation in conjunction with drug use and sexual gratification ?
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Largo
Sport climber
The Big Wide Open Face
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Wife said he had depression. Most every episode of his wonderful show featured a tsunami of booze - and Tony's taste for drink was well known. Problem is, alcohol worsens depression. Hit a rough patch, dive into the bottle and some people never make it out. I'm told people self medicate with booze like crazy. Perhaps not the "reason" we lost Tony, but it didn't help.
His books showed how to write in the 1st person without making it the me, myself, and I show.
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ydpl8s
Trad climber
Santa Monica, California
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I am at a loss for words. I never missed a show, I loved the way he always delved into the "real" people wherever he went. I just wish he could have disappeared into some small village in SE Asia and finished his life out eating pho every day, prepared by some little old grandma. A punker with soul.
RIP Moss
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Brian in SLC
Social climber
Salt Lake City, UT
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What a gut punch.
He'll be missed.
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johntp
Trad climber
socal
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I just tried to order "Kitchen Confidential" from Amazon. They are out of stock whether you want hardcover, paperback or audio CD. That says something.
I just find it very sad. The world was literally his oyster. He had enough money to do whatever he wanted. He was an articulate and highly intelligent person. I understand money doesn't buy happiness; I would have thought though that with his resources he could have found something to give his life meaning.
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HoMan
Trad climber
Wasteville,CA
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I worked as a line cook at high-end joints for 15yrs. Even a Sous Chef gig for a spell (salary was 70hr weeks...ouch). That Kitchen Confidential book was like a parallel of my Rez life. Sh#t pay but the funnest time of my life. Gonna miss AB. Always going to wonder WHY??? ;-(
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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hey there say... oh my, i don't have tv stations, for shows... i did not know who he was...:(
but, i will go read about his life...
my condolences to his family and loved ones...
very sad, :( that he did not have, or know, a way out, :( from that
decision...
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Brian in SLC
Social climber
Salt Lake City, UT
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Retrospective on CNN tonight...wow...
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MikeL
Social climber
Southern Arizona
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This has surprised me.
When I was a younger man, a philosophical existentialist out of Viet Nam with wounds, I cognitively understood suicide completely. Every card-carrying nihilist knows that suicide is always something they have in their back pocket.
Today, these days—old and practiced, I can’t imagine it. I no longer can see any basis for it.
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zBrown
Ice climber
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MikeL
Mr. Bourdain was 61.
It's such a young age to give up on life
But brain chemistry does run amuck
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Ksolem
Trad climber
Monrovia, California
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fear
Ice climber
hartford, ct
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Interesting the large uptick in suicides arrives with the advent of Prozac and all of its scores of lethal black-box warning progeny.
You'll never, ever see any media approach that aspect.
So we'll never know in Anthony's case.
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Lorenzo
Trad climber
Portland Oregon
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Your idea that homeless and disabled people aren’t suicidal is dillisional.
A sample of 330 homeless adults were interviewed. Sixty-one percent of the study sample reported suicidal ideation and 34% had attempted suicide. Fifty-six percent of the men and 78% of the women reported prior suicidal ideation, while 28 percent of the men and 57% of the women had attempted suicide.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12501966
Or:
In a 9 year study,
RESULTS:
Of the 1,192 homeless persons located and contacted, 156 persons had died (13.1%). Nine of the deaths were by completed suicide (5.8%). All were male. Mean age for the suicide subgroup was 34 +/- 8.7 years, significantly younger than those who died of other causes (p < .01). The majority had completed high school education. While the majority of deaths were drug or alcohol related, in only 1 of 9 deaths by suicide was there a history of drug abuse. Psychiatric comorbidity was recorded in 4 of the 9 persons. The majority of persons (6/9) had died of suicide by hanging.
CONCLUSION: Suicide is not a negligible cause of death among the homeless population.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15387210
Another study show tha 7-21% of alcoholics eventuallly committ suicide. The general population is around 1%.
https://www.jsad.com/doi/abs/10.15288/jsa.1982.43.1042?journalCode=jsa
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HoMan
Trad climber
Wasteville,CA
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What really amazes me is how the homeless and completely disabled don't commit suicide. You would think that they would be so depressed that they would want to check out, yet they don't.
Really amazes you?
Fried...you are heavily lacking in honor. [SNIP]
For the good of society....
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Lorenzo
Trad climber
Portland Oregon
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That's enough!
Your bullying and this horrifying post asking a poster to off himself is HEINOUS!
STOP!
why not take yourself out?
Your outrage seems somewhat asymmetrical.
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guido
Trad climber
Santa Cruz/New Zealand/South Pacific
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You have to love Tony!
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