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Originally Posted by cheebacheeba

This just in - Tony Scott...has anyone heard about this?
R.I.P.

Confirmed.

Some shocking and tragic news emerged from California on Sunday: veteran film director Tony Scott died by apparent suicide at the age of 68.

Tony Scott made his feature directorial debut with "The Hunger," an atmospheric, stylish vampire movie starring Catherine Deneuve and David Bowie. The film was a flop, but he went from strength to strength in commercials, and the early days of music videos, and a Saab promo he shot that featured a fighter jet brought him to the attention of Jerry Bruckhemer and Don Simpson, who hired him to direct "Top Gun." The film was a monster hit, helping to cement the stardom of its young lead, Tom Cruise.

Scott was now a hot property, and followed "Top Gun" with "Beverly Hills Cop II," "Revenge," "Days Of Thunder" and the terrific Shane Black-penned action-comedy "The Last Boy Scout," before in 1993, helming a script by a young writer-director called Quentin Tarantino; "True Romance."

Top-notch submarine thriller "Crimson Tide," rare flop "The Fan" and another gloriously entertaining Bruckheimer actioner, "Enemy Of The State," followed, before Redford teamed up with Brad Pitt and Robert Redford for the underated "Spy Game." 2004 then brought the start of a new phase of his career, with "Man On Fire," which didn't just see him work for the second of five times with Denzel Washington, but also saw him push his aesthetic to jittery new extremes, something that would continue through "Domino," "Deja Vu," "The Taking Of Pelham 123" and finally, "Unstoppable," which saw him finding the sweet spot between his formal experimentation and mainstream entertainment.

Scott jumped to his death from the Vincent Thomas Bridge spanning San Pedro and Terminal Island, according to Los Angeles County coroner's officials. He climbed a fence on the south side of the bridge's apex and leapt off "without hesitation" around 12:30 p.m., according to the Coroner's Department and port police.

A suicide note was found inside Scott's black Toyota Prius, which was parked on one of the eastbound lanes of the bridge, said U.S. Coast Guard Lt. Jennifer Osburn.

He’s survived by his wife, Donna, and two children.

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