Suicide director didn't have brain cancer
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August 23, 2012, Thursday
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THE family of "Top Gun" director Tony Scott told medical examiners the British-born filmmaker did not have brain cancer or any serious illness when he jumped to his death from a suspension bridge, a Los Angeles County Coroner Department official said on Tuesday.
Craig Harvey, operations chief for the coroner, also said Monday's autopsy revealed Scott, 68, had no obvious signs of a brain tumor. More lab tests are needed to rule out any microscopic traces of cancer that would have been too minute for a physician to detect while Scott was alive.
"The family told us it is incorrect that he had inoperable brain cancer," Harvey said, adding that "they advised us ... he had no serious medical issues."
The disclosures added to the mystery surrounding Scott's suicide and contradicted an earlier ABC News report, attributed by the network to an unidentified source close to Scott, that he had inoperable brain cancer.
Scott, whose directorial work included "Beverly Hills Cop II," "The Hunger," "Days of Thunder" and "Crimson Tide," parked his car in the middle of a suspension bridge over Los Angeles Harbor on Sunday afternoon, climbed an 5.5-meter fence and jumped nearly 60 meters into the water below. His body was recovered about three hours later.
Craig Harvey, operations chief for the coroner, also said Monday's autopsy revealed Scott, 68, had no obvious signs of a brain tumor. More lab tests are needed to rule out any microscopic traces of cancer that would have been too minute for a physician to detect while Scott was alive.
"The family told us it is incorrect that he had inoperable brain cancer," Harvey said, adding that "they advised us ... he had no serious medical issues."
The disclosures added to the mystery surrounding Scott's suicide and contradicted an earlier ABC News report, attributed by the network to an unidentified source close to Scott, that he had inoperable brain cancer.
Scott, whose directorial work included "Beverly Hills Cop II," "The Hunger," "Days of Thunder" and "Crimson Tide," parked his car in the middle of a suspension bridge over Los Angeles Harbor on Sunday afternoon, climbed an 5.5-meter fence and jumped nearly 60 meters into the water below. His body was recovered about three hours later.
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