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Jeff Baena’s Death Confirmed as Suicide Following Separation from Aubrey Plaza

The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner's report reveals the filmmaker's struggles with mental health after his 2024 separation from Plaza.

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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Aubrey Plaza at the 34th Annual Gotham Awards held at Cipriani Wall Street on Dec. 2, 2024 in New York.

Overview

  • Jeff Baena, 47, died by suicide on January 3, 2025, with his death confirmed as hanging by the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner.
  • Baena and Aubrey Plaza, married in 2021 after a decade together, had been separated since September 2024, a fact not publicly known until after his death.
  • Plaza arranged a welfare check in October 2024 after Baena made concerning remarks; he began therapy shortly thereafter.
  • Baena texted Plaza on the morning of his death, and his body was later discovered at his Los Angeles home by his dog walker.
  • Plaza and Baena's family issued a joint statement calling his death an 'unimaginable tragedy' and requested privacy during their mourning.