US celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain, host of CNN's food-and-travel-focused "Parts Unknown" television series, has died at the age of 61, the network said on Friday.
Bourdain hanged himself, CNN said.
He was found dead in a hotel room in Strasbourg, France, where he had been working on an upcoming episode of his program, CNN added.
Bourdain's death was the second suicide this week of a high-profile American figure.
Designer Kate Spade, who built a fashion empire on her signature handbags, was found dead in her New York apartment of suicide on Tuesday.
Bourdain visited the Philippines twice for his show, “Parts Unknown.”
He first visited Manila in 2016 and returned last year to recruit food vendors who could be part of his street food market in New York.
The celebrity chef was known to be a fan of Filipino food, including lechon, and sisig.
Suicide rates rose in nearly every US state from 1999 to 2016, according to figures released by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday.
Editor's note:
A group in the Philippines is dedicated to addressing those who have suicidal tendencies.
The crisis hotlines of the Natasha Goulbourn Foundation aim to make these individuals feel that someone is ready to listen to them.
These are their hotline numbers:
Information and Crisis Intervention Center
(02) 804-HOPE (4673)
0917-558-HOPE (4673) or (632) 211-4550
0917-852-HOPE (4673) or (632) 964-6876
0917-842-HOPE (4673) or (632) 964-4084
In Touch Crisis Lines:
(02) 893-7603 (24/7)
Globe (63917) 800.1123 (24/7)
Sun (63922) 893.8944 (24/7)
source: news.abs-cbn.com
