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Anthony Bourdain‘s closest friends and fellow chefs are turning to social media to mourn his shocking death on Friday.
Chef José Andrés mourned the loss of his friend on Twitter, writing: “I know you are on a Ferry going to somewhere amazing…” he wrote. “You still had so many places to show us, whispering to our souls the great possibilities beyond what we could see with our own eyes. You only saw beauty in all people. You will always travel with me.”
Andrés followed his tweet with aphoto Bourdain postedon his own Twitter on May 30 of himself on a ferry in Hong Kong while filming a recent episode of CNN’sParts Unknown.
Andrew Zimmern,Padma Lakshmi, Emeril Lagasse and Marcus Samuelsson also paid tribute to the late chef on social media after learning of his passing.
“Tony was a symphony,” Zimmern wrote. “A piece of my heart is truly broken this morning. And the irony, the sad cruel irony is that the last year he’d never been happier. The rest of my heart aches for the 3 amazing women he left behind. Tony was a symphony. I wish everyone could have seen all of him. A true friend.”
Chef Ludo Lefebvreshared a photo of a tattoo on his hand, which matches the ink that Bourdain had on his bicep.
“Looking at the spoon tattoo we share fills my heart with so much sadness today, but forever will be a reminder that you believed in me, where I came from, and you wanted the world to know me,” Lefebvrewrote on Instagram. “Truly heartbroken today. The world is a better place for you being in it.”
Ace of CakesstarDuff Goldmanshared his feelings on Twitter, writing “My heart hurts really really bad.”
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ChefDavid Changquoted Will Oldham’s song “I See a Darkness,” alongside a black photograph.
The owners of Big Gay Ice Cream owner Doug Quint also paid tribute to the late chef on Instagram with a series of photos, including one of Bourdain holding a rainbow unicorn. “Here are some photos from my vault that I thought I’d share. I’m not going to ‘make a statement,'” he wrote. “I’ll let the photos do that.”
“It is with extraordinary sadness we can confirm the death of our friend and colleague, Anthony Bourdain,” CNN said in a statement. “His love of great adventure, new friends, fine food and drink and the remarkable stories of the world made him a unique storyteller. His talents never ceased to amaze us and we will miss him very much. Our thoughts and prayers are with his daughter and family at this incredibly difficult time.”
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source: people.com
