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Cause of death for Aubrey Plazahusband, director Jeff Brotherswas revealed.
According to medical examiner records reviewed My Weeklythe official cause of Baena’s death is listed as suicide. The same medical records revealed that an autopsy has been conducted and his body can be released to the family. At the time of publication, the case status is still listed as “open,” although the cause of death has been determined.
No other causes or significant conditions surrounding Baena’s death were given.
Baena died Friday, Jan. 3, at the age of 47, according to the same medical examiner’s records, which he also viewed Our. Until now the circumstances around his death were unknown.
Baena is survived by 40-year-old Plaza, who has yet to publicly comment on her husband’s passing. Our asked for comment.
Baena and Plaza started dating in 2011 and officially got together in 2020 after ten years together. The pair have kept their relationship largely private, but Plaza opened up about her and Baena’s wedding during a December 2021 appearance The Ellen Degeneres Show.
“A lot of things happened for me during COVID. Yes, we got married. Big deal,” Plaza recalled at the time. “We were a little bored one night. We got married and I’ll tell you how: Onehourmarriage.com. That’s right, look at it.”
The Agatha all the time alum shared at the time that she and her husband got married at home during the lockdown.
“I created a very quick altar of love in our yard. The facts of our love, stones, smoke, fire. Things of that nature,” she continued at the time. “Then a man from the Alhambra appeared in a Hawaiian shirt with a briefcase (to perform the ceremony). … I don’t remember much, it was a blur. But I’m pretty sure it’s legal.”
While both Baena and Plaza each had their own successful solo careers, they were able to collaborate on many projects, including Life After Beth, The Little Hours and Spin me.
“She’s amazing. I would work with her if she wasn’t my wife, but luckily she is my wife,” Baena told Reel Talker about possibly working with his wife in August 2022. “The opportunity to do something creative (together) where we are” is both fulfilled — how is it rare?”
Months before Baena’s death, he had Plaza talked briefly about her marriage during a September 2024 appearance on the site The Howard Stern Show. “I would stay away (from dating actors),” she joked at the time. “I’m married to a writer/director. I’ve never actually dated an actor (or) been with an actor for a long time.’
She added: “I think about it and I’m like, ‘Oh, God, I don’t want to be with myself’ or, ‘I don’t want to do this.’ But then sometimes I see there are so many acting couples and you’re like, ‘Wow, look at them. They must be laughing at that.”
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