Tony Scott: Inoperable Brain Cancer Story False and Video of the Jump up For Sale
It’s not easy running a celebrity news site. You have to be petty, crass, condescending and sarcastic – and that’s just the fun stuff. The hard stuff is writing about things like Tony Scott’s death. It’s tragic and before the story of what happened can be told completely – I hear that there is a video of the jump being shopped around.
When I read that he jumped without hesitation, I wanted to see that. Like, how does that look? How does someone so accomplished feel so desperate, that they just could just launch themselves off of a 180 foot tall bridge.
As onlookers describe the incident, the 68 year old Scott climbed a fence on the south side of the bridge at 12:30 PM. That’s right, it was the middle of the freakin’ day! He then leapt off, landing with in feet of a tour boat. People on board witnessed the entire thing.
THE VIDEO
With everything being caught on film these days, someone has come forward with cell phone footage of the jump. There is also security camera footage from local business that also capture the jump. The cell phone video is actually being shopped around reports TMZ.
THE REASON FOR JUMPING
This is still very foggy. Reports came out quickly that he was suffering from an inoperable form of brain cancer. This morning it was reported that this is not true. This latest information came via the LA Times. They confirmed that as far as they knew, Scott didn’t have cancer or any other major illness. The preliminary results from the autopsy seemed to confirm this, but more will be discovered through additional testing.
SCOTT BEAT CANCER, WAS IT BACK?
That’s a good question. He was hospitalized earlier in the summer telling friends that it was a hip operation, there is speculation that his cancer could have returned.
Everyone wants to put a label on it because it makes things right. It brings closure. Those close to him said he wasn’t having any money or marital problems that they know of and he had some major projects in the works showing no obvious signs of depression. What we do know is that Scott left more than one suicide note, for his loved ones. Details of these notes have not been released, and may never, depending on his wishes. If they are released, you better believe – I’m all over it.
In case you are wondering what the big deal was about Scott, Look at his body of work:
The Hunger (1983), Top Gun (1986 $354 Million), Beverly Hills Cop II (1987), Days of Thunder (1990), The Last Boy Scout (1991), Crimson tide (1995), The Fan (1996) Enemy of the State (1998), Spy Game (2001), Man on Fire (2004), Domino (2005), Déjà vu (2006), the taking of Pelham 1 2 3 (2009) and Unstoppalbe (2010).
That is a body of work that can’t be touched. RIP Tony Scott
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