[Old News] 'Top Gun' director Tony Scott falls from a bridge in Los Angeles and dies

Film director Tony Scott, known for his work such as Tom Cruise's success story 'Top Gun' and 'Unstoppable' based on a freight train runaway accident, Vincent connects San Pedro and Terminal Island in Los Angeles, California. He fell from the Thomas Bridge and died. The police have determined that there is no incident.

Director Tony Scott was born in 1944 and is 68 years old. Ridley Scott's younger brother, who worked on numerous blockbuster movies such as 'Alien,' 'Blade Runner,' 'Gladiator,' and 'Prometheus,' and Tom Cruise, who was a young actor at the time, was the protagonist of the youth of the fighter pilot. I directed the 'Top Gun' that drew the pattern.

Top Gun (1986) Original Trailer-YouTube


Recently, Denzel Washington is often the main character, after 'Crimson Tide' in 1995, 'My Bodyguard' in 2004, 'Dejav' in 2006, 'Subway 123 Crash' in 2009, I had a combination with 'Unstoppable' in 2010 5 times.

According to the investigation, director Tony Scott was visiting Vincent Thomas Bridge in Prius. Coast Guard Jennifer Osburn says a suicide note has been found inside the Prius car.

Vincent Thomas Bridge is a bridge that connects San Pedro in Los Angeles and Terminal Island from east to west. The length is 1847m and the height is 111m.

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Looking south from around the center, it looks like this.

This bridge is sometimes used in cinematography and will appear at the climax in the car action movie '60 Seconds' starring Nicolas Cage.

・ 2012/08/21 9:17 Addendum
ABC News reports from someone close to him that the director had an inoperable brain tumor.

'Top Gun' Director Tony Scott Had Inoperable Brain Cancer --ABC News

・ 2012/08/21 11:32 Addendum
On the other hand, TMZ.com has received a comment from the director's wife, 'I didn't have a brain tumor in the first place, let alone inoperable.' It is expected that it will take about a month for the director's autopsy result to come out.

Tony Scott Suicide --NO Brain Cancer | TMZ.com