Plain Old Tele Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 WTF!Breaking news -- local news stations are reporting that Tony Scott jumped to his death from a bridge in San Pedro, leaving a suicide note in his car.Holy shit, I can't even process this right now. What terrible news. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fakhir Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 Terrible! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plain Old Tele Posted August 20, 2012 Author Share Posted August 20, 2012 It's all over Twitter now. Damn... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bryan Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 Omfg, this is so sad, do you have a link? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bryan Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 Yeah, it's all over facebook now too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MovieGuyKyle17 Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 (edited) http://www.deadline....n-pedro-bridge/ Deadline has not yet independently confirmed this report. But the local Daily Breeze newspaper is quoting Los Angeles County Coroner’s officials as saying that the 68-year-old British film director jumped to his death today from the Vincent Thomas Bridge spanning San Pedro and Terminal Island. Tony Scott is known for such Hollywood blockbusters as “Top Gun,” “Days of Thunder,” “Beverly Hills Cop II” and “The Taking of Pelham 123,” as well as ScottFree Productions which producers TV shows like The Good Wife with his brother Ridley Scott. Tony Scott climbed a fence on the south side of the bridge’s apex and leaped “without hesitation” around 12:30 PM, according to the Coroner’s Department and port police quoted by the newspaper. A suicide note was found inside Scott’s black Toyota Prius, which was parked on one of the eastbound lanes of the bridge, as U.S. Coast Guard Lt. Jennifer Osburn told the Daily Breeze. Earlier today Deadline was alerted that “an older gentlemen who people recognized from either movies and/or TV tried to jump off a pier” and that the attempt was not successful”. this is shocking, RIP Tony Scott Edited August 20, 2012 by MGK17 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Travod Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 I don't get the last line. So did he try, fail, and try somewhere else but no one intervened after the first attempt? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MovieGuyKyle17 Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 I don't get the last line. So did he try, fail, and try somewhere else but no one intervened after the first attempt?just to let everyone know that article was written by Nikki so expect inconstancy till we get a full true report on the situation Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MovieGuyKyle17 Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 UPDATE: Deadline has independently confirmed with the Los Angeles Coroner’s Office that 68-year-old Anthony Davis Scott, better known in Hollywood as Tony Scott, was pronounced dead around 3 PM. He jumped off the Vincent Thomas Bridge spanning San Pedro and Terminal Island. The Coroner’s Office told Deadline it is being investigated as a suicide with no indication it was anything but a suicide. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AniNate Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 Holy shit, what a shame . Had no idea he was having problems... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecstasy Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 The Vincent Thomas Bridge? WTF? That is just terrible news. Wonder what was in that note? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Impact Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 That is just nuts. Was not expecting this... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackO Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 Dark days in Hollywood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoursTruly Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 Huh. This is so random my brain refuses to deal with it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Impact Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 What is strange is I can't find any other sources about this. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MovieGuyKyle17 Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 2ND UPDATE: A source close to the Scott family just confirmed to Deadline that famed movie director and TV producer Tony Scott “has passed away”. The LAPD tells Deadline it received a 911 call at 12:35 PM today about a man who jumped off the Vincent Thomas Bridge in San Pedro. The body of the man was recovered from the water at approximately 4 PM by the Los Angeles Port Police. The Coroner’s Office identified the man as Anthony D. Scott, 68, who resides in Beverly Hills, according to Watch Commander Lt Timothy Nordquist of LAPD Harbour Area division talking to Deadline. Lt. Nordquist also said that Scott “seemed to be alone”. Hollywood is shocked by this tragic news because Scott had a lauded and thriving career. He’s known for such Hollywood blockbusters as Top Gun, Days Of Thunder, Beverly Hills Cop II, and a remake of The Taking of Pelham 123. In recent months he was busy developing aTop Gun sequel with Tom Cruise. He had been setting up a remake of the Walter Hill movie Warrior about street gangs. And he had most recently directed the 2010 actioner Unstoppable starring Chris Pine and Denzel Washington for 20th Century Fox and produced that studio’s Summer 2012 blockbuster Prometheusdirected by his brother Ridley Scott. The Scott brothers were chairmen of Scott Free Productions which also produces TV shows like CBS’ The Good Wife and the long-running Numb3rs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lab276 Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 What is strange is I can't find any other sources about this.I don't think the LA County Coroner would lie about something like this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoursTruly Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2012/08/tony-scott-death.htmlhttp://www.thewrap.com/movies/article/tony-scott-director-top-gun-dies-apparent-suicide-52661 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Impact Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 I don't think the LA County Coroner would lie about something like this.Yeah I know, but it is just odd I can't find any other sources about this is all other then Deadline. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lab276 Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 It's on the Sydney Morning Herald site right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
