(AP Photo/Gus Ruelas, File)Tony Scott, director of "Top Gun," "Days of Thunder" and "Crimson Tide," committed suicide by jumping off of a bride in 'San Pedro. According to ABC News, he had inoperable brain cancer.
The British-born director died this past Sunday after jumping from a bridge in Los Angeles, authorities said. It is a real tragedy to loose someone so creative and talented.
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Police said they received a 911 call at about 12:30 p.m. that an individual had jumped off the Vincent Thomas Bridge. The body was recovered around 3 p.m., when it was identified by authorities as Scott, according to Lt. Joseph Bale of the Los Angeles County Coroner's Office. An autopsy is scheduled to be performed today.
The Coroner's Office found several notes to loved ones in Scott's car, a spokesman told The Associated Press. A suicide note was later found at his office, according to the AP.
"I can confirm that Tony Scott has passed away. The family asks that their privacy is respected at this time," Scott's spokesman, Simon Halls, said in a statement, according to the AP.
Scott, 68, was perhaps best known for directing "Top Gun," starring Tom Cruise in 1986, which went on to gross more than $300 million worldwide, according to IMDB.com. The duo worked again in the 1990 film "Days of Thunder."
Scott producer and director Ridley Scott's little brother. Together, the bros formed their own production company, Scott Free Productions. Their company produced multiple dramas. "The 2012 blockbuster "Prometheus" was the latest film released by their production company.
R.I.P. TONY SCOTT.
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