Authorities in Los Angeles say movie director
Tony Scott, director of such Hollywood blockbusters as
Top Gun, Days of Thunder and
Beverly Hills Cop II, has died after jumping from a Los Angeles County Bridge.
An officer with the Los Angeles County Coroner's office said the 68-year-old Scott's death Sunday is being investigated as a suicide.
Police say several people called emergency services shortly after midday Sunday to report that someone had jumped from the Vincent Thomas Bridge in Los Angeles.
A dive team with Los Angeles Port Police pulled the body from the murky water several hours later, Nordquist said. Scott's body was taken to a dock in Wilmington and turned over to the county coroner's office.
The British-born Scott was producer and director Ridley Scott's brother. Ridley Scott's
Prometheus was a summer blockbuster.
Scott frequently worked with Denzel Washington, most recently on the runaway train drama
Unstoppable.
Scott and Washington collaborated on four other films:
Man on Fire, Deja Vu, and
The Taking of Pelham 123.
Other Scott films include
True Romance and
Crimson Tide. Scott was married to actress Donna Scott. They have twin sons.