Salon.com > Tony Scott dead http://www.salon.com Wed, 22 May 2013 00:22:48 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Tony Scott: “Top Gun” director apparently commits suicide http://www.salon.com/2012/08/20/tony_scott_top_gun_director_apparently_commits_suicide/ http://www.salon.com/2012/08/20/tony_scott_top_gun_director_apparently_commits_suicide/#comments Mon, 20 Aug 2012 04:23:00 +0000 http://www.origin.railrode.net/?p=12987194 Tony Scott, director of such Hollywood blockbusters as "Top Gun," ''Days of Thunder" and "Beverly Hills Cop II," has died after jumping from a Los Angeles County Bridge.

Los Angeles County Coroner's Lt. Joe Bale says Scott's death Sunday is being investigated as a suicide.

Authorities say the 68-year-old Scott jumped from the Vincent Thomas Bridge spanning San Pedro and Terminal Island in Los Angeles.

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

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