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Jewls2

(218 posts)
2. I love that show. Still watch, picking different countries.
Thu Nov 28, 2019, 05:47 PM
Nov 2019

I look at the man, and listen to him, watching him take in the areas and people and foods and cultures. Depression. I get it but man, what a waste.

Excellent show. I have learned a lot about the world around us thru his shows.

 

cwydro

(51,308 posts)
6. Broken heart.
Thu Nov 28, 2019, 07:13 PM
Nov 2019

A cause of suicide for centuries.

Read up on that woman he was “dating.”

Very sad.

 

Jewls2

(218 posts)
10. He had been struggling with depression for a lot of years.
Thu Nov 28, 2019, 11:18 PM
Nov 2019

You will hear some comments from him thru out his many shows about the bleakness he sees in the world. He had made references to it in the past.

sammythecat

(3,568 posts)
14. You're right.
Fri Nov 29, 2019, 05:28 AM
Nov 2019

I posted elsewhere in this thread that his death was a shock at the time, but, in retrospect, doesn't seem quite so shocking to me now.

IcyPeas

(21,866 posts)
5. yes, his shows were so great at discovering other
Thu Nov 28, 2019, 07:09 PM
Nov 2019

cultures through their food and sitting down with real people and having interesting conversations. he was an original. so real. sorely missed. I loved his Obama visit in Vietnam. That episode was so good.

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
8. He did such a wonderful job letting people explain their culture and traditions in the places that
Thu Nov 28, 2019, 07:57 PM
Nov 2019

he visited. And the topper was the foods prepared there. Celebrate the life that he gave us.

sammythecat

(3,568 posts)
13. I know. I watched a little before going to work
Fri Nov 29, 2019, 05:23 AM
Nov 2019

and couldn't stop thinking about how it seemed he had it all. Renowned in his profession, best selling author, his own successful tv show allowing him to indulge his curiosity, and yet, one day in France he decided death was preferable to any more of his life. It was shocking then, but doesn't seem quite so shocking to me now.

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