LOS ANGELES: Tony Scott, director of Hollywood blockbusters such as “ Top Gun,” “ Days of Thunder” and “Beverly Hills Cop II,” comited suicide , jumping off an L.A. bridge.
Los Angeles County Coroner’s Lt. Joe Bale says Scott’s death Sunday is being investigated as a suicide.
Authorities say the 68-year-old Scott jumped from the Vincent Thomas Bridge spanning San Pedro and Terminal Island in Los Angeles.
US Coast Guard Lt. Jennifer Osburn tells the Daily Breeze a suicide note was found inside Scott’s black Toyota Prius, which was parked on one of the eastbound lanes of the bridge.