new jersey. the antidote to every other place. these dogs are amazing. there are not a lot of people in this world courageous enough to match this. anthony bourdain was an open book even when it came to battles he had with personal demons, sharing his successes and failures. just a few days ago he prouded talked about adding this new paint to go his collection. it s called the sky is falling, i am learning to live with it. there has been an outpouring of sadness over the news from people all over the world. this from his long hifr time girlfriend asia argento. quote, anthony gave all of himself in everything that he did. his brilliant, fearless spirit touched and inspired so many, and his generosity knew no bounds. he was my love, my rock, my
berries in his kitchen for when his kids visit him. his fearless spirit touched so many and his generosity knew no bounds. he was my love, my rock, my protector. i am beyond devastated. our thoughts are with his family. i would appreciate it if you respect their privacy and mine. often when you speak with celebrities, you say, i ll give you 20 minutes, i ll give you half an hour. take us inside and talk about asia and others who defined and shaped his life. first of all, i want to express my condolences to all of to tony s friends and family. it was really interesting to see him and sit with him. when i did in january, he was very clearly a man in love. he was blushing over it, and for that reason, i think he wanted to keep it really personal and
many. his generosity knew no bounds. he was my love, my rock, my protector. i m beyond devastated. my thoughts are with his family. i would ask that you respect their privacy and mine. bourdain, shep, had been open about his past problems with drugs and alcohol but there is no word if any of that played any role in this today. shepard: new statistics are showing there is a striking and concerning rise in suicides in this country. indeed. you know, we just got this report this week. the centers for disease control reports suicides are up nearly 30% between 1999 and 2016, making suicide the 10th leading cause of death in the united states. nearly 123 people commit suicide in the united states every sing dwell day. you can learn about the warning signs of suicide and help those at risk by calling the national suicide prevention lifeline we have had this number up all week 21-800-273-talk. speak up.
it didn t matter. he was there to help people. he was there to better people. and he just i think he wanted to treat people the way he wanted to be treated. you said he called you every day on the way home from school. monday through friday, every day on the way home from school i got a call from scott the hey mom, how you doing? hey scott, how is school today? whether it was a 30 second conversation just to make sure mom is okay and i knew then that scott was okay or it could be a 20 minute conversation. scott was he was just the most amazing child somebody could want to have. don t get me wrong, he had flaws, okay. we all do. but scott was my rock. scott was a confidante. scott was just the son everybody would ever want to have. and he was mine. i know you re going to miss him a lot. i don t know how i m going to do this. right now i still go to sleep
whether it was a 30 second conversation just to make sure mom is okay and i knew then that scott was okay or it could be a 20 minute conversation. scott was he was just the most amazing child somebody could want to have. don t get me wrong, he had flaws, okay. we all do. but scott was my rock. scott was a confidante. scott was just the son everybody would ever want to have. and he was mine. i know you re going to miss him a lot. i don t know how i m going to do this. right now i still go to sleep thinking that when i get up in the morning just a nightmare. just a bad dream. yeah. and i see his picture on the tv and i m so proud of him. but i know that is all i m going to be able to do is look at pictures because i m never going to be able to hug my son again. i need those hugs. i need those calls on the way home from school. i need to know that scott s okay. i m sorry. it s okay. how you would like your son to be remembered? what do you want the world to remember about him?