Director Tony Scott Dead at 68 - Apparent Sucide

Tony Scott, the director of Hollywood hits such as Top Gun, Beverly Hills Cop II, and Unstoppable, died Sunday at age 68, his publicist has confirmed to EW. According to the Los Angeles Police Department’s harbor division, the British-born filmmaker jumped to his death from the Vincent Thomas bridge near Long Beach, Calif.



According to officials, the director climbed a fence on the south side of the bridge and leapt off around 12:30 p.m. Police reportedly found a suicide note inside Scott’s black Toyota Prius, which was parked on the bridge. His identity was confirmed around 7 p.m. by the Los Angeles County coroner’s office.



Scott and his older brother Ridley (the Oscar-nominated director of films like Alien, Gladiator, and Prometheus) were partners in Scott Free Productions, whose latest project is A&E’s four-hour medical thriller Coma, due to air next month. Tony Scott, whose last film was the 2010 runaway-train thriller Unstoppable with Denzel Washington and Chris Pine, had been developing a sequel to his 1986 Tom Cruise blockbuster Top Gun.
(Additional reporting by Grady Smith) »

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I am genuinely shocked by this. Tony Scott was a rather well established filmmaker along with his more well known brother, Ridley Scott. Tony Scott directed movies like The Hunger, Top Gun, Beverly Hills Cop 2, Days of Thunder, The Last Boy Scout, True Romance, Crimson Tide, Man on Fire, Domino, and most recently, Unstoppable. Him and his brother have produced dozens of films and TV series together with their company Scott/Free.

He had two projects in development which he was to direct, a film called Emma's War and a sequel to Top Gun. I really wonder how his brother is going to take this....

Wow, terribly sad, while I might not ave been a huge fan of his films, I do appreciate the art form and how much of his life he put into it. Ridley I'm sure is going to be devastated.

Hope he finds the peace he sought in this life in the next.

The Hunger, True Romance, and Crimson Tide are good movies, imo. I dunno why he'd want to do such a thing...

Apparently he jumped off a bridge.

He was 68 years old. Why would you kill yourself at 68 years old?

Originally Posted by Humble Warrior

Apparently he jumped off a bridge.

He was 68 years old. Why would you kill yourself at 68 years old?

If you want to die enough you will find a way

RIP

Originally Posted by Humble Warrior

Apparently he jumped off a bridge.

He was 68 years old. Why would you kill yourself at 68 years old?

Incurable cancer or depression would be the most likely candidates.

Originally Posted by athanaric

Incurable cancer or depression would be the most likely candidates.

. That reminds me, I know someone with cancer and a limited time. I need to go check on him.

Man, shocking news indeed. I was watching True Romance like 2 days ago. Tony Scott was part of some iconic projects in the history of movie industry. Very sad news for sure.

Wow, I just heard about this. Just this morning I was trying to convince a friend to watch Days of Thunder. Sad.