No one will ever know what went through Tony Scott's head before he
leaped to his death Sunday from a bridge in Los Angeles.
The hunt for at least some
answers began today when an autopsy was performed on the 68-year-old filmmaker
amid reports that he was suffering from inoperable brain cancer.
His death is being
investigated as a suicide, but, as tends to be the case, the official cause of
death has been deferred pending the results of toxicology tests.
L.A. County Chief Coroner Ed
Winter also said that he couldn't confirm the cancer diagnosis, noting that the
examination of Scott's brain may not have been completed yet.
However, the lack of
definitive info comes as TMZ reports that Scott's wife, Donna Wilson, told
investigators that reports of her husband having terminal cancer are
"absolutely false" and that he didn't have medical issues that would
have prompted him to take his own life.
Julian Bray, described as a
friend and former colleague of Scott's, told Britain's Sky News that the
director of Top Gun, Beverly Hills Cop II, True Romance and so many more
action-packed films had a history of depression.
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"But whatever
happens," he added, "Tony Scott has left behind an amazing raft of
work and a lot of people would be very very grateful to him for what he's done.
And of course our condolences are with his family and everybody else connected
to him."
According to authorities,
Scott left a note with contact information in his black Prius, which was found
parked near the Vincent Thomas Bridge after he jumped at around 12:30 p.m.
yesterday, and then a suicide note was found in his office.
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