Director Tony Scott, best known for the films "Top Gun" and "Beverly Hills Cop II," died in an apparent suicide Sunday when he jumped from the Vincent Thomas Bridge in San Pedro, California, a Los Angeles County coroner official said.
"There's nothing to indicate it is anything else at this time," said Lt. Joe Bale of the coroner's office.
Scott, 68, jumped from
the bridge at about 12:30 p.m., Bale said. The bridge spans the Los
Angeles Harbor, connecting San Pedro and Terminal Island.
A passerby who saw Scott jump from the bridge called 911, according to a statement released by the coroner's office late Sunday.
'Top Gun' director Tony Scott dies
"The L.A. Port Police recovered the body from the water," the statement said.
The coroner's office
declined to comment or confirm a Los Angeles Times report that
authorities found contact information in Scott's car parked on the
bridge, and later found a suicide note in his office.
Born Anthony D.L. Scott
in North Shields, England, in 1944, Tony -- as he was known -- got his
start as a teenager in front of the camera, starring in his older
brother Ridley Scott's film "Boy and Bicycle." In 1995, the two joined
forces to create the production company, Scott Free Productions.
Simon Halls, a publicist who represents the Scott brothers, confirmed the death.
"The family asks for privacy during this time," Halls said.
Tony Scott became a
household name in 1986 as director of the mega-hit "Top Gun," starring
Tom Cruise and Kelly McGillis. He followed that up with the Eddie Murphy
action movie, "Beverly Hills Cop II" in 1987.
Actor Michael Rapaport,
who was directed by Scott in "True Romance," took to Twitter to praise
the director. In one post, he said there hasn't been a day since the
movie was released in 1993 that someone doesn't tell him how much they
loved the movie.
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