Tony Scott, the director of Top Gun and production partner of brother Ridley Scott, died yesterday after jumping from a bridge near the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach in California. He was 68.Authorities found a note in the car Scott drove onto the bridge, Los Angeles County Coroner Lt. Joe Bale said in an interview. He jumped around 12:30 p.m. local time yesterday and his body was retrieved about 3 p.m., Bale said.
“At this point, we are investigating this as a suicide,” Bale said. “There is nothing to lead us to believe otherwise.”