According to a report by Us Weekly, Anthony Bourdain's mother, Gladys Bourdain, told the New York Times on Friday, that her son had 'been in a dark mood' days before his alleged death by suicide. Gladys said that despite the dark mood, there had been no indication that her son had been considering taking his own life. She said, "He is absolutely the last person in the world I would have ever dreamed would do something like this.