Making for a tragic start out to the week in the leisure planet, director Tony Scott reportedly took his personal existence in Long Beach, California on Sunday (August 19).

The sixty eight - calendar year - old, who's very best regarded for helming the hit Tom Cruise movie " Best Gun," is claimed to have dedicated suicide by leaping off of the Vincent Thomas bridge.

Stories increase that Mr Scott's system was recovered from the drinking water 4 hours later on by crisis crews, at which time he was promptly pronounced as deceased.

The brother of fellow director Ridley Scott is also at the rear of large movies including "Beverly Hills Cop II," " Times of Thunder," "Crimson Tide" and "Enemy of the State" while acquiring lately announced that a " Leading Gun" sequel was in the will work.