All this talk of depression and life stresses that lead to suicide but I haven't read anywhere where he was depressed or exhibiting any behavior that tends towards suicide. In everything I find he had found ground, came to terms with life, was fairly newly marriaged and a young daughter, he expressed words of being blessed and having reason to live. I know... it's said that might have been him hiding, or outward expressions of him trying to cope... but it didn't read that way to me... my opinion. I've been around suicide, besides having family involved professionally in the 'community', private PhD, Dr. to many... had my very close friend and wife, a kind hearted sweet person by any definition, kill herself by placing a gun to her head. Bourdain hung himself...that's all I've read, no details what so ever, not even a recent profile of his life, just that he hung himself in the isolation of an apartment. What am I suggesting... nothing really, but it does seem strange, out of sorts, the method and what seems to me shallow reporting. He was not a loser and was at the top of his long and varied career, loved and respected by millions.. in much the same way as Kanye West, respected and loved by millions around the world, a very famous person at the top of his career. I don't get it so with an open heart and spirit, consider this strange world... and I wonder...