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Details surrounding the death of actress Aubrey Plaza’s husband, director Jeff Baena, have been revealed.
The 47-year-old man, who was also a screenwriter, died by suicide, according to Los Angeles coroner’s records viewed by E! news. Baena was found dead in a house in the city on January 3.
A graduate of New York University’s film school, Baena made her 2014 directorial debut, Life After Beth, as well as starring in Josie, Little Hours and Spin Me Round. He often collaborated with. Baena is also known for co-writing the 2004 comedy I Heart Huckabees with director David O. Russell.
Baena and Plaza, 40, met in 2011 and married in 2020, with Baena confirming they were married the following year while filming the movie “Spin Me Round.”
“So proud of my darling husband @JeffBaena,” Plaza wrote on Instagram in May 2021, “for taking us to Italy and dreaming up another movie that would cause even more trouble.” said.
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Months later, the actress revealed that the couple tied the knot in her Los Angeles backyard after calling the host of a same-day marriage license service and placing the order.
“We got married, and I’ll show you how on 1hourmarriage.com,” she told Ellen DeGeneres on a December 2021 episode of “The Ellen DeGeneres Show.” “It was our 10th anniversary. You know, we were in lockdown and things got a little weird, especially at my house.”
Plaza continued, “I just said, ‘It’s our 10th anniversary, let’s do something, we should buy an ice cream cone and do something special.'” So when I joked about getting married, he was like, “Well, maybe we shouldn’t have gotten married so soon.” So I said, “Well, wouldn’t it be nice to get married on our actual anniversary?”
In addition to Plaza, Baena is survived by his mother Barbara Stern and stepfather Roger Stern, father Scott Baena and stepmother Michele Baena, brother Brad Baena, sister-in-law Bianca Gabay and brother-in-law Jed Flaxman. is still alive, the director’s manager told E! in a statement. news.
