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Tony Scott, Director of 'Top Gun,' Dies in Apparent Suicide
The Wrap ^ | 08/19/2012 | By Tim Molloy & Sharon Waxman | The Wrap – 10 minutes ago

Posted on 08/19/2012 9:31:36 PM PDT by I Drive Too Fast

Director Tony Scott died in an apparent suicide Sunday by jumping off the Vincent Thomas Bridge near Long Beach, Calif. He was 68.

Los Angeles County Coroner Lt. Joe Bell told TheWrap that investigators had identified the deceased, Anthony David Scott of Beverly Hills, as the director and producer. The British-born "Top Gun" and "Crimson Tide" director was also the brother and producing partner of director Ridley Scott.

The U.S. Coast Guard told The Daily Breeze that a suicide note was found inside Scott's black Toyota Prius, which was parked on one of the eastbound lanes of the bridge. Officials said that Scott climbed a fence on the south side of the bridge's apex and leapt off "without hesitation" around 12:30 p.m., according to The Breeze.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: greatloss; hollywood; obituary; ridleyscott; suicide; tonyscott; topgun; vincentthomasbridge
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To: mlizzy
Inoperable brain cancer, as he's reported to have had, might make you think twice.

Suicide is not comparable to abortion. You're a sick mind!

21 posted on 08/20/2012 10:10:42 AM PDT by newzjunkey (Election night is 77 days away.)
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To: newzjunkey
Suicide is not comparable to abortion. You're a sick mind!
Both take lives and end them. So I don't understand what you mean, nor do I appreciate your insult.
22 posted on 08/20/2012 10:19:21 AM PDT by mlizzy (And if we accept that a mother can kill even her own child, how can we tell others not to kill? --MT)
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To: I Drive Too Fast

Someone so afraid of death that he kills himself.

It really a faith issue. Clearly this man came to the realization that Hollywood and money do not last. If that’s all you have, then no doubt there is only hopelessness when one is forced to confronts one’s mortality.


23 posted on 08/20/2012 5:56:07 PM PDT by PGR88
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