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Aubrey Plaza and Jeff Baena's Separation Detailed in Autopsy Report

The report confirms the couple separated in September 2024, months before Baena's death by suicide at 47 in January 2025.

Aubrey Plaza, right, and Jeff Baena arrive at the premiere of “The Little Hours” at the 2017 Los Angeles Film Festival in Culver City on June 19, 2017. Plaza and Baena had been separated for several months before the indie film director’s death, according to a report Wednesday from the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner.
Aubrey Plaza was separated from her husband when he took his own life.
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Overview

  • The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner's report reveals Plaza and Baena had been separated for four months before his death.
  • Baena made concerning remarks in October 2024, prompting Plaza to arrange a welfare check; he began therapy afterward.
  • On January 3, 2025, Baena sent Plaza a final text before his body was discovered at his Los Angeles home by his dog walker.
  • The couple, together since 2011, married privately in 2021 and collaborated on multiple film projects during their relationship.
  • Plaza paid tribute to Baena in February 2025 at SNL's 50th anniversary special, wearing a tie-dye shirt symbolizing their shared memories.