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Official: British director Tony Scott dead after jumping from California bridge - CNN.com
By Chelsea J. Carter and JD Cargill , CNN
updated 7:16 AM EDT, Mon August 20, 2012
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Los Angeles (CNN) -- Director Tony Scott, best known for the films "Top Gun" and "Beverly Hills Cop II," died in an apparent suicide Sunday when he jumped from the Vincent Thomas Bridge in San Pedro, California, a Los Angeles County coroner official said.
"There's nothing to indicate it is anything else at this time," said Lt. Joe Bale of the coroner's office.
Scott, 68, jumped from the bridge at about 12:30 p.m., Bale said. The bridge spans the Los Angeles Harbor, connecting San Pedro and Terminal Island.
A passerby who saw Scott jump from the bridge called 911, according to a statement released by the coroner's office late Sunday.
'Top Gun' director Tony Scott dies
"The L.A. Port Police recovered the body from the water," the statement said.
The coroner's office declined to comment or confirm a Los Angeles Times report that authorities found contact information in Scott's car parked on the bridge, and later found a suicide note in his office.
Born Anthony D.L. Scott in North Shields, England, in 1944, Tony -- as he was known -- got his start as a teenager in front of the camera, starring in his older brother Ridley Scott's film "Boy and Bicycle." In 1995, the two joined forces to create the production company, Scott Free Productions.
Simon Halls, a publicist who represents the Scott brothers, confirmed the death.
"The family asks for privacy during this time," Halls said.
Tony Scott became a household name in 1986 as director of the mega-hit "Top Gun," starring Tom Cruise and Kelly McGillis. He followed that up with the Eddie Murphy action movie, "Beverly Hills Cop II" in 1987.
Actor Michael Rapaport, who was directed by Scott in "True Romance," took to Twitter to praise the director. In one post, he said there hasn't been a day since the movie was released in 1993 that someone doesn't tell him how much they loved the movie.
"Tony Scott was a sweet enthusiastic & lovin man," Rapaport wrote.
Scott cemented his reputation for big-budget action films with 1990's "Revenge" starring Kevin Costner and "Days of Thunder" with Tom Cruise. In 1998, he directed "Enemy of the State" with Will Smith and Gene Hackman.
It was on the set of "Days of Thunder" where Scott met actress Donna Wilson, whom he married in 1994. They had twin sons.
Reaction to Scott's death poured out through Twitter, with directors, actors and fans mourning the news.
"Tony Scott as a friend and a mentor was irreplaceable. Tone, wherever you are, I love you man. RIP," director and producer Joe Carnahan said on Twitter.
Carnahan recounted how when his movie "The Grey" was finished, Scott called him to tell him he had seen it. He told Carnahan it was great and not to allow anybody to change anything in it.
"Tony always sent personal, handwritten notes & always drew a cartoon caricature of himself, smoking a cigar, with his hat colored in red," Carnahan said in a post.
Director and actor Adam Shankman said his heart stopped when he heard of the "tragic death" of one of "(our) most inspiring directors, Tony Scott."
"Rest in Peace Tony. U will be missed so...," he wrote in a post on Twitter.
Director Ron Howard said simply, via Twitter: "Tragic day."
Scott directed his last film, the train thriller "Unstoppable" starring Denzel Washington, in 2010.
"For me, it was the most challenging movie of my life, and the most dangerous because I'm shooting 90 percent of the movie on a train that is running between 50 and 70 mph," Scott told CNN at the time.
Scott's reputation in Hollywood was low key.
"He wasn't a showy kind of guy," longtime entertainment reporter Jeanne Wolf told CNN.
Scott was often seen sporting a frayed, faded red ball cap on the movie sets and at red carpet premieres.
The ball cap, Wolf said, was his trademark.
While Scott's movies garnered box office success, they never received the acclaim that generated Academy Award nominations.
In 2002, the Scott brothers won an Emmy for the television movie "The Gathering Storm."
Scott also was nominated for the Emmy as a producer for the CBS drama "The Good Wife."
"So very, very sorry to hear of the death of Tony Scott," actress Martha Plimpton, who appeared in "The Good Wife," said via Twitter.
Among his last projects was serving as an executive producer on the TV miniseries, "Coma," which is due to air this year.
JD Cargill reported from Los Angeles and Chelsea J. Carter from Atlanta. CNN's Greg Morrison, Holly Yan and Ed Payne contributed to this report.
© 2012 Cable News Network. Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.
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Stunned....his resume reads like the list of my favorite movies.
- monkeychow
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Massive loss.
Id be curious as to the motive, he's older than the norm for such things and of course loved and respected, makes me wonder if he found out he had a disease or something and was doing it for that reason.
- Me_Wise_Magic
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Tragic loss for the silver screen and millions of movie fans over the world. RIP!
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This is not based in fact and it's the definition of "hearsay" but I was just told that he'd found out he had an inoperable brain tumor and decided to take himself out before cancer did.
I wasn't feeling bad about it at all until I read this. I have little to no sympathy for those killing themselves, but I might make an exception on something like this.
- tejastech08
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TMZ is saying that his wife told the cops that the rumor of brain cancer is false and that he didn't have any other serious health problems.
http://www.tmz.com/2012/08/20/tony-scot … cer-tumor/
Tony Scott did NOT have inoperable brain cancer, or for that matter brain cancer at all ... this according to Scott's family.
TMZ has learned ... Scott's wife told investigators the rumor that Tony had inoperable brain cancer is "absolutely false."
Although the autopsy results have been deferred pending more tests, our sources say there is no evidence of brain cancer.
What's more ... we're told Scott's wife says Tony did not have any other severe medical issues that would have caused him to take his own life.
Re: Tony Scott Kills Himself
RussTCB wrote:This is not based in fact and it's the definition of "hearsay" but I was just told that he'd found out he had an inoperable brain tumor and decided to take himself out before cancer did.
I wasn't feeling bad about it at all until I read this. I have little to no sympathy for those killing themselves, but I might make an exception on something like this.
Maybe you'd have some sympathy if you could walk a mile in the shoes of those who get to such a point of desperation that in their mind suicide is the only way out. Many times those who committe suicide are in such a state of depression that they genuinely feel the world is better off without them. They feel they've become a burden to those around them and those who love them. Given the fact my brother committed suicide, my girlfriend last year attempted it and 3 of my friends parents have committed suicide I have sympathy for anyone who has those thoughts in their mind. It must be a pretty dark and lonely place to get to that point. Not everyone is wired the same so to write people off who committ suicide as people who deserve no sympathy is pretty short sighted and and completely void of compassion in my opinion. Is it a selfish act? Yes, but that's often not how they see it. Is it the act of someone who's hit total rock bottom and isn't seeing things clearly? Absolutely. When someone you love has committed or attempted suicide you learn to sympathize quickly because it hurts you so much to know there was a hurricane taking place in their mind and heart that they couldn't control. It's not like people wake up one day and think "gee I think I'll committ suicide since not much else is going on" That's not how it happens.
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I pretty much agree with Bono on this.
The fact that so many people which would have massive compassion in every other situation in life, would completely not have it for suicide is bizarre, selfish (yeah, the reverse of the person committing it), ignorant, short-sighted, and just all around dick.
I think people don't like or want to deal with suicide because it's the one form of death so dark, that most just don't know how to, or want to deal with it.
"I have no sympathy for one that commits suicide"
No doubt, because more than likely that person committing suicide, did it, because you had no sympathy for them when they were LIVING! Why would you change now?
Maybe my opinion is different because I had a chronically ill mother that I watched waste away year by year. No matter how much she prayed, did medical treatments, hoped, paid money... nothing worked. She didn't do it, but the point remains. When death is always around the corner from you everyday, he becomes an old friend. Not a feared stranger.
RIP to Tony regardless. I was a HUGE fan, and his films shaped my childhood. The man having a family, I don't really understand what his motive was for doing what he did, and I wouldn't have done the same. But at the same time I still have sympathy and compassion for who he was, his memory, and those that did love them hopefully being able to understand this somehow, and move past it. It's a tragic situation all around.
