Indie filmmaker Jeff Baena, who was married to his frequent inventive collaborator Aubrey Plaza, has died. He was 47.
Baena was discovered lifeless Friday at a Los Angeles dwelling, in keeping with medical expert’s information. The circumstances had been unclear Saturday. The information indicated that the medical expert’s workplace was investigating and didn’t embrace any data on the place particularly his physique was found or the reason for loss of life.
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The medical expert’s workplace stated in an e mail to The Associated Press on Saturday that Baena was pronounced lifeless at 10:39 a.m. at a residence within the 2100 block of Fern Dell Place in Los Angeles. A full report received’t be out there till the case is closed, the workplace stated.
A consultant for Plaza responded to a request for remark with a hyperlink to a narrative about Baena’s loss of life on the leisure trade information website Deadline.
Baena co-wrote David O. Russell’s 2004 movie “I Heart Huckabees” and wrote and directed 5 of his personal movies, largely darkish comedies. Plaza starred in his directorial debut, the 2014 zombie comedy “Life After Beth,” and appeared in two of his different movies: “The Little Hours” and “Spin Me Round.”
Plaza, 40, rose to fame taking part in April Ludgate on the tv sequence “Parks and Recreation” and was nominated for an Emmy for her function on “The White Lotus.” The couple married in 2021.
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