Remy Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001716/news Deadline has independently confirmed with the Los Angeles Coroner’s Office that 68-year-old Anthony Davis Scott, better known in Hollywood as Tony Scott, was pronounced dead around 3 PM. He jumped off the Vincent Thomas Bridge spanning San Pedro and Terminal Island. The Coroner’s Office told Deadline it is being investigated as a suicide with no indication it was anything but a suicide. PREVIOUS: The local Daily Breeze newspaper is quoting Los Angeles County Coroner’s officials as saying that the 68-year-old British film director jumped to his death today from the Vincent Thomas Bridge spanning San Pedro and Terminal Island. Tony Scott is known for such Hollywood blockbusters as “Top Gun,” “Days of Thunder,” “Beverly Hills Cop II” and “The Taking of Pelham 123,” as well as ScottFree Productions which producers TV shows like The Good Wife with his brother Ridley Scott. Tony Scott climbed a fence on the south side of the bridge’s apex and leaped “without hesitation” around 12:30 PM, according to the Coroner’s Department and port police quoted by the newspaper. A suicide note was found inside Scott’s black Toyota Prius, which was parked on one of the eastbound lanes of the bridge, as U.S. Coast Guard Lt. Jennifer Osburn told the Daily Breeze. Earlier today Deadline was alerted that “an older gentlemen who people recognized from either movies and/or TV tried to jump off a pier” and that the attempt was not successful”. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jai604 Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 Hmmm, I wonder if there was anything leading up to this? Any information regarding mental instability beforehand, etc.? In any case, RIP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BuckFoston Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 Whoa, that's crazy. Suicide at 68? Yikes, after all the great work he did too. Bummer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hockeyville88 Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 Hollywood is one messed up industry eh? RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apples Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
:D Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 http://www.imdb.com/.../nm0001716/news There's another story on imdb about Tom Cruise doing research for a possible Top Gun sequel that I hadn't heard about before, sad to think that's not possible any more, it's such an iconic film. Very sad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donky Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 It's being reported Tony had inoperable brain cancer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrels.Gone.Wild Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 If that's true, I can't say I blame him. He wanted to go out on his own terms, and I respect him for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dittohead Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 probably because he drives a Prius. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Vintage Canuck- Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharpshooter Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 Good for him. Shoulda been a bit more creative imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G.K. Chesterton Posted August 25, 2012 Share Posted August 25, 2012 This is sad news. According to Wikipedia, the rumours that he had a tumor are not true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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