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'Top Gun' director Tony Scott dies in Los Angeles

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    Adam Housley reports from Los Angeles

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I gotta give you your dream shot I was saying you want the -- the best you two characters are going to top -- The five weeks you're gonna -- as the best fighter pilot flew.

There -- no points for second place.

-- who can forget that right how many of us could quote lines from top gun.

Back in the 1986 blockbuster of that movie was really sad news that we got this morning Tony Scott.

The director of that movie in so many other Hollywood hits died yesterday after apparently taking his own life.

Adam Housley is live on this in Los Angeles -- what do we know about this tragedy.

Yep Martha and news really is still kind of getting it's making its way around Hollywood there -- been some reactions -- get to that in a moment but this was shocking news yesterday they came out as you mentioned Tony's got a very well known populist action.

Film director here the brother of Ridley Scott.

Apparently stopped his car on the Vincent Thomas bridge which spans -- Peter down by the cruise terminals there.

And without hesitation climbed atop -- the bridge and jumped about a 185 feet to his death there was a suicide note found in his Prius that was part.

That he left at the scene of -- -- -- -- -- -- -- took place as you -- a very well -- -- Hollywood director -- movies -- unstoppable man on -- top -- as we -- Days of thunder Beverly Hills cop to the taking of Pelham 12 -- -- three.

I'm just one after another very well known we've seen him on the red carpet a number of times and -- in the ninth our 2009 I should say he responded to a question about why he's known as being so intense on the set take a listen.

-- there classic yeah.

-- don't then I'm terrified of bad idea.

It.

And that's I get Tony Scott back into does not on the red carpet sad news in Hollywood -- sixty years old mark and it certainly has so.

What's -- reaction been so far from people there -- Yeah -- this happened around -- mid day yesterday look towards 1 PM the news really didn't start coming -- until later on in the evening -- -- tonight Los Angeles were only getting a few comments so far we expect to hear more this morning that director Ron Howard said in a tweet no more Tony Scott.

No no no more Tony Scott movie's tragic day Justin Timberlake said.

So sad to hear the news about Tony Scott his movies made growing up more fun for me my prayers and condolences to the Scott family.

Elizabeth Hurley a fellow Brit she says.

Quote Tony Scott's as a talented filmmaker I went from rock climbing with him once and he was enormous fund our -- -- doesn't just some of the some of the condolences and some of the thoughts coming up Hollywood we expect to hear more throughout the day.

But he gives a tragic death for a very well known director and and his action films again are basically a who's who of the last forty years of action films.

So sad so much talent -- so many accomplishments in his life.

We'll learn more as the day goes on Adam thank you so much Adam how -- -- and --

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