Filmmaker Jeff Baena, actress Aubrey Plaza’s husband, has died at the age of 47. TMZ broke the story of Baena’s passing, sharing in an article that an assistant discovered Baena non-responsive at a Los Angeles area home Friday morning. First responders declared him dead at the scene.
According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s Office, the circumstances and manner of Baena’s death was ruled a suicide (per PEOPLE.)
The writer-director worked with famous directors like Robert Zemeckis and David O. Russell, before making his own films which included Life After Beth, Joshy, Spin Me Round, The Little Hours and Horse Girl, four of which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival.
Plaza, 40, and Baena began dating in 2011 and were married in 2021. They were frequent collaborators. with Plaza starring in his 2014 directorial debut, the zombie comedy “Life After Beth.”
Baena is survived by Plaza, his mother, Barbara Stern, stepfather Roger Stern, father Scott Baena, stepmother Michele Baena, brother Brad Baena and stepsiblings Bianca Gabay and Jed Fluxman.
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