'He’s jumped, he’s jumped!' 911 calls reveal at least five people saw Top Gun director Tony Scott leap to his death, The 68-year-old filmmaker behind movies like Top Gun and Crimson Tide committed suicide by jumping off Vincent Thomas Bridge linking the Port of Los Angeles and Long Beach in broad daylight on August 19 in full view of boaters and passing drivers.
‘We are just on the Vincent Thomas Bridge and there’s a guy that looks like he’s just about to jump off … he’s jumped, he’s jumped, [off] the Vincent Thomas Bridge in San Pedro!’ said one 911 caller heard in a recording posted on TMZ.com.
Another witness reported the fatal leap to 911 operators, and was then transferred to a fire dispatcher. During the transfer, she could be heard gasping: ‘Oh my God.’
The caller said: ‘He was a bald white guy. Oh my gosh, he just jumped off the bridge. We actually witnessed the whole thing.’
Motorists driving over the bridge reported seeing a black Toyota Prius, lights still flashing, parked on the side, as an older white male climbed a pole before leaping more than 185 feet into the water.
Scott had been preparing to do a sequel to his 1986 Tom Cruise hit Top Gun.
He and Cruise were spotted in Fallon, Nevada — where the Navy’s Top Gun program had been based before moving to San Diego — meeting with Navy officials, a week before the suicide.
The mystery surrounding Scott's death has deepened after his death certificate was released in late August - listing his cause of death as 'deferred'.
Instead of the expected verdict of suicide, the Los Angeles Department of Public Health has decided to wait for toxicology and other test results and said the death is 'pending investigation'.
The certificate states that an autopsy has been performed, that the 68-year-old died 'Under Vincent Thomas Bridge' - but also indicates that a biopsy was not performed on the dead body.
There has been no confirmation from the Department of Public Health if the famed director of action films was suffering from cancer as some reports indicated.
In late August,the coroner's office said that Tony Scott left a suicide note and several messages to loved ones before he jumped to his death, but none of them shed light on why he killed himself.
Coroner’s officials also said that the notes didn’t mention any health problems, after reports circulated that the 68-year-old may have been suffering from cancer.
The much-loved film director died on August 19 after leaping from the Vincent Thomas Bridge - one of California's highest bridges - into Los Angeles Harbor.
Coroner's office spokesman Ed Winter says one of the notes left in Scott's black Toyota Prius was a list of emergency contact numbers and another found in his study included messages to friends and loved ones.
The note in the car listed names and contact numbers - including that of his wife - so police could call his friends to tell them of his death, TMZ reported.
The mystery surrounding the suicide deepened after the chairman of 20th Century Fox said that the director was 'burning with excitement' over new projects just two weeks before his suicide.
It also emerged that just two days before 68-year-old Scott leaped to his death he had been with Tom Cruise discussing a sequel to their 1986 hit 'Top Gun'.
The pair toured the Fallon U.S Naval air station in Nevada, which is home to the Naval Weapons Fighter School where the real life Top Gun pilots complete their training.
'We had a meeting just two weeks ago and he was burning with the excitement of creating stuff,' said Tom Rothman, chairman of 20th Century Fox.
Scott had more big-budget Hollywood films lined up, but his death has left them in limbo, as well as stunning his family and friends.
Coroner's officers in Los Angeles said that they were still trying to solve the suicide riffle after Scott's wife Donna said U.S. reports that her husband had cancer were 'absolutely false'.
Friends of the director said that he had no marriage or money problems and was focused on the 'Top Gun' sequel which was preparing to go into production early next year.
Scott was also in pre-production on an underwater drug-trafficking thriller 'Narco-Sub', another smuggling drama 'Lucky Strike' and a remake of the 1969 western 'The Wild Bunch'.
While celebrity website TMZ reported that Scott's wife didn't know of any serious illness that may have been a motive, it raised the possibility that the director of 'Crimson Tide' may have kept his illness secret.
If not there must have been a different reason behind his decision to leap from the Vincent Thomas Bridge in Long Beach on Sunday afternoon.
He left a contact list of people to be informed about the tragedy in the Toyota Prius he abandoned before climbing a fence and jumping into the Pacific.
The 68-year-old director, best known for Top Gun, was said to have leaped to his death 'without hesitation' in an effort to spare his family the pain of watching his slow death, ABC News reported.
But hours later, ABC backed away from that report and the Los Angeles Times confirmed that Scott's family told the corner's office Scott did not have cancer - or any major illness.
'The family told us it is incorrect that he has inoperable brain cancer,' Craig Harvey, a chief at the Los Angeles County Coroner's Office told the newspaper.
TMZ were the first to report that Scott's wife Donna told authorities her husband was healthy, according to unnamed sources.
Donna Scott told investigators that rumors of a return of her husband's cancer was 'absolutely false', TMZ says.
‘We are just on the Vincent Thomas Bridge and there’s a guy that looks like he’s just about to jump off … he’s jumped, he’s jumped, [off] the Vincent Thomas Bridge in San Pedro!’ said one 911 caller heard in a recording posted on TMZ.com.
Another witness reported the fatal leap to 911 operators, and was then transferred to a fire dispatcher. During the transfer, she could be heard gasping: ‘Oh my God.’
The caller said: ‘He was a bald white guy. Oh my gosh, he just jumped off the bridge. We actually witnessed the whole thing.’
Motorists driving over the bridge reported seeing a black Toyota Prius, lights still flashing, parked on the side, as an older white male climbed a pole before leaping more than 185 feet into the water.
Scott had been preparing to do a sequel to his 1986 Tom Cruise hit Top Gun.
He and Cruise were spotted in Fallon, Nevada — where the Navy’s Top Gun program had been based before moving to San Diego — meeting with Navy officials, a week before the suicide.
The mystery surrounding Scott's death has deepened after his death certificate was released in late August - listing his cause of death as 'deferred'.
Instead of the expected verdict of suicide, the Los Angeles Department of Public Health has decided to wait for toxicology and other test results and said the death is 'pending investigation'.
The certificate states that an autopsy has been performed, that the 68-year-old died 'Under Vincent Thomas Bridge' - but also indicates that a biopsy was not performed on the dead body.
There has been no confirmation from the Department of Public Health if the famed director of action films was suffering from cancer as some reports indicated.
In late August,the coroner's office said that Tony Scott left a suicide note and several messages to loved ones before he jumped to his death, but none of them shed light on why he killed himself.
Coroner’s officials also said that the notes didn’t mention any health problems, after reports circulated that the 68-year-old may have been suffering from cancer.
The much-loved film director died on August 19 after leaping from the Vincent Thomas Bridge - one of California's highest bridges - into Los Angeles Harbor.
Coroner's office spokesman Ed Winter says one of the notes left in Scott's black Toyota Prius was a list of emergency contact numbers and another found in his study included messages to friends and loved ones.
The note in the car listed names and contact numbers - including that of his wife - so police could call his friends to tell them of his death, TMZ reported.
The mystery surrounding the suicide deepened after the chairman of 20th Century Fox said that the director was 'burning with excitement' over new projects just two weeks before his suicide.
It also emerged that just two days before 68-year-old Scott leaped to his death he had been with Tom Cruise discussing a sequel to their 1986 hit 'Top Gun'.
The pair toured the Fallon U.S Naval air station in Nevada, which is home to the Naval Weapons Fighter School where the real life Top Gun pilots complete their training.
'We had a meeting just two weeks ago and he was burning with the excitement of creating stuff,' said Tom Rothman, chairman of 20th Century Fox.
Scott had more big-budget Hollywood films lined up, but his death has left them in limbo, as well as stunning his family and friends.
Coroner's officers in Los Angeles said that they were still trying to solve the suicide riffle after Scott's wife Donna said U.S. reports that her husband had cancer were 'absolutely false'.
Friends of the director said that he had no marriage or money problems and was focused on the 'Top Gun' sequel which was preparing to go into production early next year.
Scott was also in pre-production on an underwater drug-trafficking thriller 'Narco-Sub', another smuggling drama 'Lucky Strike' and a remake of the 1969 western 'The Wild Bunch'.
While celebrity website TMZ reported that Scott's wife didn't know of any serious illness that may have been a motive, it raised the possibility that the director of 'Crimson Tide' may have kept his illness secret.
If not there must have been a different reason behind his decision to leap from the Vincent Thomas Bridge in Long Beach on Sunday afternoon.
He left a contact list of people to be informed about the tragedy in the Toyota Prius he abandoned before climbing a fence and jumping into the Pacific.
The 68-year-old director, best known for Top Gun, was said to have leaped to his death 'without hesitation' in an effort to spare his family the pain of watching his slow death, ABC News reported.
But hours later, ABC backed away from that report and the Los Angeles Times confirmed that Scott's family told the corner's office Scott did not have cancer - or any major illness.
'The family told us it is incorrect that he has inoperable brain cancer,' Craig Harvey, a chief at the Los Angeles County Coroner's Office told the newspaper.
TMZ were the first to report that Scott's wife Donna told authorities her husband was healthy, according to unnamed sources.
Donna Scott told investigators that rumors of a return of her husband's cancer was 'absolutely false', TMZ says.
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