Tony Scott has died...

[vic]

'Top Gun' director Tony Scott dead after jumping off bridge

Los Angeles Times..

Top Gun" director Tony Scott fatally jumped off the Vincent Thomas Bridge in San Pedro on Sunday afternoon, according to Los Angeles police sources.

His body was pulled out of the water by Los Angeles Police Department, California Highway Patrol and U.S. Coast Guard officials.

Investigators found a suicide note in his car, which was parked on the bridge.

Law enforcement sources said several witnesses saw Scott, the brother of director Ridley Scott, climb over a fence on the bridge and jump off.

The coroner's office identified him Sunday evening.

Scott was a respected action-movie director who also made "Enemy of the State," "Beverly Hills Cop II" and "Crimson Tide."

[silverbull]

He directed my favorite movie of all time, TRUE ROMANCE. Although it was a tarantino script and i would love to have seen his version, Tony did an amazing job as well as other films i enjoyed. RIP.

[neon]

Rest in peace.

[JMJ]

Sad. Turns out he had an inoperable brain tumor.....JMJ

[Mr.I]

Sad. Turns out he had an inoperable brain tumor.....JMJ

wow

[Sal Paradise]

It didn't occur to me until I heard the news but you could argue he was the greatest genre/b movie director of his era. R.I.P. Always liked Revenge as well as True Romance.

[liL Ray]

Sad. Turns out he had an inoperable brain tumor.....JMJ

very sad....

[MarkK]

It is a pity there was not a legal and humane option (for both him and his family), for him to end his life with dignity at hospital or hospice. It is time for right to die legislation in the US.

RIP

[Sal Paradise]

It is a pity there was not a legal and humane option (for both him and his family), for him to end his life with dignity at hospital or hospice. It is time for right to die legislation in the US.

RIP

That's a whole lot of assumption. Maybe he wanted to go out the way he did. Who's to say what's more dignified?

[MarkK]

That's a whole lot of assumption. Maybe he wanted to go out the way he did. Who's to say what's more dignified?

I am not sure the people who watched him jump would agree, nor his family which have to deal with a mangaled body. In NL he would have been able to die peacefully in a hospital or hospice.

[JMJ]

In NL he would have been able to die peacefully in a hospital or hospice.

Is that not an option in the US?.....JMJ

[The Good Reverend Rollo Goodlove]

Really sorry to hear this. Tony Scott was a very talented director. He will be missed.

[Sal Paradise]

Is that not an option in the US?.....JMJ

It definitely is when you have resources like Tony Scott.

[MarkK]

Is that not an option in the US?.....JMJ

Sorry if I was not clear, I meant legally doctor assisted suicide for terminally ill patients.

[Mr.I]

Tony Scott's family says he did not have cancer

Los Angeles (CNN) -- Tony Scott's fatal plunge from a California bridge Sunday remained a public mystery Tuesday as medical investigators and his family disputed a report that the British director suffered from inoperable brain cancer.

Scott, best known for the films "Top Gun" and "Beverly Hills Cop II," apparently committed suicide by jumping from the Vincent Thomas Bridge in San Pedro, California, about 12:30 p.m. Sunday, said Lt. Joe Bale of the coroner's office.

Scott, 68, wrote two notes before his death, including a message left in his Los Angeles office that was apparently for family members, a coroner official said.

The second note, detailing contact information for authorities investigating his death, was found in his Toyota Prius parked nearby, the official said.

Investigators would not say what clues those notes may have given them concerning Scott's motivation for suicide, which Bale said was the apparent cause of death.

"There's nothing to indicate it is anything else at this time," he said Monday.

It will be weeks before the findings of Monday's autopsy are made public, the coroner's office said Tuesday.

"Our examination is complete and we will be working towards a comprehensive document once we close the case," Deputy Chief Coroner Ed Winter said.

An ABC report Monday suggested the director was scripting his own death after being told by a doctor that he was dying of inoperable brain cancer. The network did not name the source of its information.

"I did talk to the family yesterday late afternoon, and according to his wife, he did not have brain cancer as reported, and (she) does not know who told ABC that information, which is absolutely false," Winter said.

Scott's unexplained death shocked the Hollywood stars who worked with him on a long list of successful movies over the past three decades. Denzel Washington, who starred in several Scott-directed thrillers -- including 2010's "Unstoppable" -- said it was "unfathomable to think that he is now gone."

[joesuuf]

Shame but it's a nice bridge, was just over it recently.