According to CNN and Deadline, the 68 year-old British filmmaker, brother of fellow director/producer Ridley, and partner in Scott Free Productions, jumped to his death off of San Pedro's Vincent Thomas Bridge earlier this afternoon. There has been little doubt regarding the motives behind Scott's death, as a suicide note was reportedly found inside Scott’s black Toyota Prius, parked nearby.
Per Deadline:
"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.""There's nothing to indicate it is anything else at this time," Lt. Joe Bale of the Los Angeles coroner's office told CNN.
It is a tragic loss for Hollywood. Scott was truly a diverse storyteller who gave moviegoers some of the most entertaining and profitable high octane films ever put on the big screen. His collaborations with Tom Cruise (twice), Denzel Washington (five times), Will Smith, and Eddie Murphy over the past three decades leave us with an unforgettable legacy in Hollywood history, and defined the escapist reason why we go to the movies to enjoy ourselves in the confines of a movie theater.
