Director of Top Gun, Tony Scott, Commits Suicide

22nd August, 2012

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Cenotaph Corner © Grahame N — Cenotaph Corner
© Grahame N, Aug 1984

Tony Scott, a British climber and famed film director, has comitted suicide by jumping from the Vincent Thomas Bridge, Los Angeles.

Tony Scott was a climber, and in her recent blog, Alison Osius from Rock and Ice Magazine recounts some conversations with Scott in which he details soloing Cenotaph Corner in the Llanberis Pass.

His films included Top Gun, Beverly Hills Cop II, Days of Thunder, The Last Boy Scout and True Romance.

More about Tony Scott on his Wikipedia page
More about his death at the LA Times
And more about his climbing at Rock and Ice Magazine

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Gordon Stainforth

22 Aug, 2012

What an amazing revelation this is, that he soloed Cenotaph. I wonder if anyone else on UKC knows any more about his British climbing ? (As far as I know, his brother, Ridley, has never done any rockclimbing).

Michael Gordon

22 Aug, 2012

That's quite impressive (soloing Cenotaph). (I know folk have soloed Right Wall etc but it's still something most wouldn't even consider!)

jon

22 Aug, 2012

He must have had quite a chuckle sometimes at Tom Cruise's expense!

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