Merely terrible information this weekend out of Hollywood:
Jeff Baena, a author and director who was additionally married to actress Aubrey Plaza, has handed away from what regulation enforcement officers imagine to have been a suicide.
He was 47 years previous.
Baena was doubtless finest recognized for guiding the horror-comedy “Life After Beth,” the darkish comedy “Joshy” and in addition for co-writing the cult traditional “I Coronary heart Huckabees” with filmmaker David O. Russell.
The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner confirmed this tragedy early on Saturday morning.
Baena was born and raised in Miami and later attended movie faculty at New York College … he then moved to Los Angeles shortly after graduating to start out his profession in leisure.
General, he has directed and/or written over a dozen function movies.
Baena started courting Plaza in again in 2011.
The spouses stored their relationship extraordinarily non-public over time, by no means even asserting their engagement or their wedding ceremony.
It wasn’t till Plaza referred to Baena as her “darling husband” in an Instagram put up in Might 2021 that most individuals even knew that they had turn into husband and spouse.
“So happy with my darling husband @jeffbaena for dreaming up one other movie that takes us to italia to trigger some extra hassle,” the star’s caption learn on the time.
Based on numerous sources, 47-year-old was found in his residence by an assistant.
The decision reporting his loss of life got here in round 10:30 p.m. Friday night; the county medical expert has not formally decided the trigger.
For those who or somebody is contemplating suicide, please contact the 988 Suicide and Disaster Lifeline by dialing 988, textual content “STRENGTH” to the Disaster Textual content Line at 741741 or go to 988lifeline.org.
