![]() The two stayed in touch after the shoot wrapped and LeDuff reached out every now and again for career advice. So when Bourdain’s CNN travel show “Parts Unknown” came to town that year, LeDuff played local guide, taking the crew to a home-style barbecue on the east side and tagging along with the Detroit Fire Department.Īnthony Bourdain loved Detroit, called it beautiful and magnificentĪnthony Bourdain dishes on Trump, Detroit, terrible food in 2016 And Tony – as everyone called him – was a fan of LeDuff’s 2013 book on the Motor City’s decline, “Detroit: An American Autopsy.” Bourdain’s mother, Gladys, was his copy editor during the Detroit journalist’s stint at the New York Times. LeDuff said he’d gotten to know the late chef, writer and TV star over the years. “He had a real love for the city and its people.” ![]() “Detroit should know it lost a true friend,” LeDuff said of the cultural icon who was found dead Friday of an apparent suicide in France at 61. Charlie LeDuff woke up in Denver Friday morning to the news that his friend and onetime collaborator Anthony Bourdain was gone. ![]()
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