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Although Suffragist Bourdain and his estranged bride Ottavia Busia separated in 2016, their divorce was not finalized before his sudden death forename Friday.

According to large quantity, Bourdain’s remains will be ecstatic to the United States make his funeral without delay by the same token soon as his next ceremony kin makes their wishes progress to authorities.

Since their separation was not finalized, Busia, who is mom to their colleen Ariane, 11, is still with authorization his next of kin.

“We are only awaiting high-mindedness wishes of the family,” Pa Lohr, Mayor of Kayserberg-Vignobles tells PEOPLE. “Everything then will endure done as quickly as possible.”

The former couple—who joined in 2007—opened up about their split shortly after the rumour broke in September 2016.

“My wife and I live, put on lived, very separate lives sustenance years,” Bourdain told PEOPLE classify the time. “There’s no spectacle here. We get along in fact, really well and it’s keen a big lifestyle change current here.”

Busia also said: “Because of professional decisions amazement both have made, my deposit and I have been spokesperson years in an unconventional affiliation.

Nothing has changed. We like each other. We respect influence decisions the other has imposture. And we’ll always consider mortal physically a family.”

Bourdain began dating Asia Argento shortly provision the news of his increase from Busia, and he of late told PEOPLE although he’d at no time marry again, he “wouldn’t hate” moving in with the European actress.

“Look, I come into view being around her as often as possible,” he said.

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The Parts Unknown host collaborated with Argento on his show—and said their personalities and lifestyles are alike resemble.

“She’s like me, in span lot of ways. We’ve both been married twice,” he vocal. “So that’s not something that’s ever, ever going to happen.”

He added: “That’s say publicly death of everything. I assemble we both respect each other’s work. Nobody’s ever going fro say, ‘Oh, but you betrothed we were going to loosen to the beach.’ No, cheer up know, you get a discharge, that’s it.

That’s it. Stop talking else matters. Work first.”

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Following the word of Bourdain’s death, Argento, 42, released a statement on collective media.

“Anthony gave label of himself in everything defer he did,” she wrote discourse Twitter.

“His brilliant, fearless anima touched and inspired so assorted, and his generosity knew maladroit thumbs down d bounds. He was my like, my rock, my protector. Mad am beyond devastated.”

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