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Also Known As Anthony Michael Bourdain
Born June 25, 1956 • New York City • New York
Died June 8, 2018 (aged 61) • France
Awards And Honors Emmy Award (2018)

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Anthony Bourdain recording a television appearance, Buckinghamshire, England, October 25, 2013
Anthony Bourdain in a white chef's coat sits on a crate inside a commercial refrigerator at Les Halles in New York, holding a large chef's knife across his lap.
Anthony Bourdain and Barack Obama sit across from each other at a small table, dining and talking in a casual Vietnamese restaurant with other patrons in the background.
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