Anthony Bourdain shocked the world with his troubling sudden suicide at age 61 in June 2018 — and then surprised his fans with a will revealing that he “only” had $1.2 million to his name! But the doomed CNN star had already warned everyone that reports of his wealth were exaggerated. In a tragic twist, the celebrity chef and world traveler even said that he was going through his cash fast, admitting: “I want it now. Time’s running out.”
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Anthony addressed reports that he was worth an estimated $16 million just a year before his death — saying in March 2017 that "the reports of my net worth are about ten times overstated. I think the people who calculate these things assume that I live a lot more sensibly than I do."
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That was despite Anthony having chronicled his hedonistic ways constantly on film,
including the occasional dalliance with drugs — although he was proud to be off heroin and cocaine. "The thing about cocaine is that you can never have enough," said Bourdain, recalling how he was broke even while finding success as an author after years of toiling in restaurants.
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Bourdain also insisted that he wasn't hiding away any of his fortune: "A friend said, 'You live outside the country more than half of the year. Create a bogus residence in the Caymans and pay no U.S. taxes.' I’d feel like a sh-t doing that."
Anthony addressed reports that he was worth an estimated $16 million just a year before his death — saying in March 2017 that "the reports of my net worth are about ten times overstated. I think the people who calculate these things assume that I live a lot more sensibly than I do."
That was despite Anthony having chronicled his hedonistic ways constantly on film,
including the occasional dalliance with drugs — although he was proud to be off heroin and cocaine. "The thing about cocaine is that you can never have enough," said Bourdain, recalling how he was broke even while finding success as an author after years of toiling in restaurants.
Bourdain also insisted that he wasn't hiding away any of his fortune: "A friend said, 'You live outside the country more than half of the year. Create a bogus residence in the Caymans and pay no U.S. taxes.' I’d feel like a sh-t doing that."
