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General Category => Sports/Entertainment/MSM/Social Media => Topic started by: R4 TrumPence on August 20, 2012, 04:58:12 am
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'Top Gun' director Tony Scott dead after jumping off bridge
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2012/08/tony-scott-death.html
(http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/.a/6a00d8341c630a53ef013485fe34cd970c-500wi)
"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.
[For the record, 9:48 p.m. Aug. 19: An earlier version of this post incorrectly said a suicide note was found in Scott's car, which was parked on the bridge. In fact, the note found in his car listed contact information. Investigators later found a suicide note at his office.]
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."
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Just damn...
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Just damn...
Sad isn't it? I wonder if he had a terminal Illness or something :shrug:
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Oh no............ I liked his work... how sad!
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Enemy of the State.....one of my favorite movies.
Damn!
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Enemy of the State.....one of my favorite movies.
Damn!
He had an inoperable brain tumor! :(
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Tony Scott, director of "Top Gun," "Days of Thunder" and "Crimson Tide," had inoperable brain cancer, a source close to him told ABC News.
The famed director died Sunday after jumping from a bridge in Los Angeles, authorities said.
Police said they received a 911 call at about 12:30 p.m. that an individual had jumped off the Vincent Thomas Bridge. The body was recovered around 3 p.m., when it was identified by authorities as Scott, according to Lt. Joseph Bale of the Los Angeles County Coroner's Office. An autopsy is scheduled to be performed today.
The Coroner's Office found several notes to loved ones in Scott's car, a spokesman told The Associated Press. A suicide note was later found at his office, according to the AP.
"I can confirm that Tony Scott has passed away. The family asks that their privacy is respected at this time," Scott's spokesman, Simon Halls, said in a statement, according to the AP.
Scott, 68, was perhaps best known for directing "Top Gun," starring Tom Cruise in 1986, which went on to gross more than $300 million worldwide, according to IMDB.com. The duo worked again in the 1990 film "Days of Thunder."
The British-born director also frequently worked with Denzel Washington, most recently in the 2010 film "Unstoppable." They collaborated on four other films: "Crimson Tide," "Man on Fire," "Deja Vu" and "The Taking of Pelham 123."
Scott was the younger brother of producer and director Ridley Scott. Together, the brothers formed their own production company, Scott Free Productions. Their company produced the CBS dramas "NUMB3RS" and "The Good Wife."The 2012 blockbuster "Prometheus" was the latest film released by their production company.
Other Tony Scott films include "True Romance," written by Quentin Tarantino, "The Fan," with Robert De Niro, and "Enemy of the State," starring Will Smith.
In a tweet Sunday, director Ron Howard said, "No more Tony Scott movies. Tragic day."
"Most of the obits for Tony Scott will mention "Top Gun" first, but my favorite will always be "True Romance." RIP," tweeted film critic Richard Roeper.
Scott was survived by his wife, Donna, and their twin sons.
source (http://gma.yahoo.com/top-gun-director-tony-scott-had-inoperable-brain-052524341--abc-news-topstories.html)
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Tony Scott Did Not Have Brain Cancer
By NIKKI FINKE AND MIKE FLEMING | Monday August 20, 2012 @ 8:58pm
BREAKING… EXCLUSIVE: Tony Scott’s widow Donna has told police that the famed filmmaker/TV producer did not have brain cancer, informed insiders tell Deadline. That makes erroneous this morning’s Good Morning America report that he “had inoperable brain cancer” and quoted “a source close to him”. The news was widely picked up by media outlets globally (but not Deadline) as the reason why Scott committed suicide Sunday by jumping off a Los Angeles County bridge at 12:35 PM. This is the second time in a month that ABC News has erroneously reported on a sensitive news story. During the Aurora movie theater shooting tragedy, ABC News claimed the gunman was a Tea Party member which was not true.
Meanwhile, Lt Fred Corral with the Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office tells Deadline that an autopsy was completed today on the 68-year-old Scott, but the cause of death was deferred pending toxicological and other tests. The results will take 4 to 8 weeks. Coroner’s spokesman Craig Harvey also tells Deadline that his office is in possession of “part of a suicide note” found in Scott’s black Prius car found at the scene of the suicide but will not be releasing any of that information at this time.
http://www.deadline.com/2012/08/tony-scott-did-not-have-brain-cancer/
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Tony Scott Did Not Have Brain Cancer
By NIKKI FINKE AND MIKE FLEMING | Monday August 20, 2012 @ 8:58pm
BREAKING… EXCLUSIVE: Tony Scott’s widow Donna has told police that the famed filmmaker/TV producer did not have brain cancer, informed insiders tell Deadline. That makes erroneous this morning’s Good Morning America report that he “had inoperable brain cancer” and quoted “a source close to him”. The news was widely picked up by media outlets globally (but not Deadline) as the reason why Scott committed suicide Sunday by jumping off a Los Angeles County bridge at 12:35 PM. This is the second time in a month that ABC News has erroneously reported on a sensitive news story. During the Aurora movie theater shooting tragedy, ABC News claimed the gunman was a Tea Party member which was not true.
Meanwhile, Lt Fred Corral with the Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office tells Deadline that an autopsy was completed today on the 68-year-old Scott, but the cause of death was deferred pending toxicological and other tests. The results will take 4 to 8 weeks. Coroner’s spokesman Craig Harvey also tells Deadline that his office is in possession of “part of a suicide note” found in Scott’s black Prius car found at the scene of the suicide but will not be releasing any of that information at this time.
http://www.deadline.com/2012/08/tony-scott-did-not-have-brain-cancer/
Thanks Rap, looks like ABC screwed the pooch yet again! :thud:
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geez...I never thought his movies were that bad......maybe this came from long and short term exposure to Cruiseology.....
:whistle:
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I guess it is possible he did, but did not disclose it to anyone.
Either way, the autopsy will say one way or the other.
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You had me till "Prius".
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Internal demons finally got the better of him; that's a shame.
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Has ABC News reported yet that a Tea Party member pushed Scott off the bridge?
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Has ABC News reported yet that a Tea Party member pushed Scott off the bridge?
Give them time, I am certain they are probably investigating the person who reported seeing him on the bridge and climbing the fence and jumping and any day will make the connection /s