Josh Marks, the “Seven-Foot Chef,” best known from the third season of the reality cooking series “MasterChef,” was recently found dead in Chicago. His death has since been ruled a suicide. What was unknown, until recently, was his history of mental health issues.
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“I don’t think people realize the toll the reality show put on him,” Marks’ stepfather, Gabriel Mitchell, says. The family said they didn’t notice signs of mental illness in Marks until after “MasterChef” filming ended.
Marks’ mother, Paulette Mitchell, said her son was hit hard by his recent diagnosis of schizophrenia following a diagnosis of bipolar disorder earlier this year.
MasterChef Finalist Commits Suicide was originally published on blackdoctor.org
