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Published: August 19, 2012 @ 8:39 pm

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.

His body was recovered after the jump, said Bell.

Tony Scott's most recent movies were "Unstoppable" and "The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3," both of which starred Denzel Washington.

He also was a producer of his brother's recent "Prometheus" and was exploring a possiblesequel to "Top Gun."

The Scott brothers' company is Scott Free Productions, and Tony Scott has nearly 50 producing credits in his career, including the TV series "The Good Wife" and the Liam Neeson thriller "The Grey."

The Vincent Thomas Bridge is a suspension bridge over Los Angeles Harbor that links San Pedro with Terminal Island. It appears frequently in films and television.

Scott is married to Donna Scott, with whom he has two children.

RIP Scott McKenzie, San Francisco was one of the great songs of the 60's and defined that era..

Update on Tony Scott, it's now being reported that he had inoperable brain cancer.

And TMZ reports that he jumped off a bridge in view of a boat, and passengers took pics/video of the suicide.

I didn't know he also wrote the Beach Boys "Kokomo"


TIS

Where does this leave "Top Gun 2"?

Was just gonna post that. She was on 5 of our lists.

RIP Phyllis -- used to love her when I was a kid!

Von Freeman was revered as a tenor saxophonist but was never a major star, worshiped by critics but perpetually strapped for cash. He seemed to purposely avoid commercial success. When trumpeter Miles Davis phoned Freeman in the 1950s looking for a replacement for John Coltrane, Freeman made a typical move — he never returned the call.

His refusal to leave his native Chicago during most of his career cost him incalculable fame and fortune but also enabled him to create a body of distinctive and innovative work. This year he received a Jazz Masters Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, regarded as the nation's highest jazz honor.

He had mentored countless younger jazz musicians, including his son, Chico Freeman, who became more famous than his father as a tenor saxophonist...

Speaking of Joan Rivers. I remember when she use to be funny. Now I find her very annoying.



TIS

...with scott's death yesterday and diller's today...will there be another on its way?

I think I saw that episode of Groucho's show. I seem to recall seeing it rerun a few years ago. (Or maybe it was some clips shown in a Groucho documentary?)

Rip Taylor was never married to Phyllis Diller. She was married twice: first to a man named Sherwood Anderson Diller (5 children), then to an actor named Warde Donovan. I remember they appeared on a few game shows together back in the seventies.

Signor V.

According to Wiki he's still alive, Klyd.

Born in 1934. Came out in 1935.

I was wrong twice about Rip Taylor in one day.

I have "MyYahoo" as my homepage and ysterday I saw a picture of Dick VanDyke in the news section. My first reaction was not to read the article about him getting a lifetime achievement award, but to assume that the article was about him dying and to try to remember if I have him on my dead pool list (I don't).