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Director Jeff Baena, Aubrey Plaza's Husband, Dead astatine 47
More details astir the decease of manager Jeff Baena, hubby of histrion Aubrey Plaza, person been revealed.
The 47-year-old, who was besides a screenwriter, died by suicide, according to Los Angeles aesculapian examiner records, viewed by E! News. Baena was recovered dormant astatine a residence successful the metropolis Jan. 3.
Baena, a postgraduate of New York University's movie school, often collaborated with Plaza, who starred successful his films Life After Beth—his 2014 directorial debut, positive Joshy, The Little Hours and Spin Me Round. Baena was besides known for cowriting the 2004 drama I Heart Huckabees with manager David O. Russell.
Baena and Plaza, 40, met successful 2011 and joined successful 2020, with the White Lotus actress confirming the pursuing year, portion they were moving connected the movie Spin Me Round, that they had tied the knot.
"So arrogant of my darling hubby @jeffbaena," Plaza wrote connected Instagram successful May 2021, "for dreaming up different movie that takes america to italia to origin immoderate much trouble."
Months later, the histrion revealed that the 2 tied the knot successful the backyard of their Los Angeles location aft she called and ordered an officiant from a same-day matrimony licence service.
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"We got joined and I'll archer you how— 1hourmarriage.com," she told Ellen DeGeneres connected a December 2021 occurrence of The Ellen DeGeneres Show. "It was our 10-year anniversary. We were successful the lockdown, arsenic you know, things got a small crazy, particularly successful my house."
Plaza continued, "I conscionable said, 'Hey it's our 10-year anniversary. We should bash something, get an crystal pick cone and bash thing special.' And past I joked astir getting joined and he's like, 'Well, we astir apt couldn't get joined that fast.' And I said, 'Well, wouldn't it beryllium bully to get joined connected our existent anniversary?'"
In summation to Plaza, Baena is survived by ma Barbara Stern and stepfather Roger Stern, dada Scott Baena and stepmother Michele Baena, member Brad Baena, stepsister Bianca Gabay and stepbrother Jed Fluxman, the director's manager said successful a connection to E! News.
Look backmost astatine Plaza and Baena's emotion story...
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2011: Start Dating
While Aubrey Plaza and Jeff Baena didn't stock overmuch penetration into the aboriginal days of their romance, they started dating successful 2011 after gathering during a crippled of Balderdash.
But 1 happening the Parks & Recreation star divulged is that from the start, they bonded implicit movies.
“We’re truthful obsessed with movies,” she told Page Six in 2017. “That’s wherefore we’re making movies together.”
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2014: Collaborate connected Life After Beth
It wasn’t until 3 years into their narration that they made their archetypal movie together, Life After Beth, which marked Jeff’s directorial debut.
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2019: A Rare Romance Update
While she and Jeff mostly kept their romance retired of the nationalist eye, Aubrey admitted that having a spouse successful the amusement manufacture has immoderate benefits.
“I deliberation that erstwhile you’re with idiosyncratic that is successful your field, they recognize what you’re dealing with connected a deeper level,” she told People in June 2019. “So evidently you are capable to enactment each different and truly recognize benignant of the travel that we’re some on.”
But that’s not to accidental it doesn’t instrumentality its ain work.
“So I deliberation that tin beryllium truly great,” the Child’s Play alum noted. “But, you know, moving with your spouse tin ever beryllium challenging. There’s a batch of things we bash separately and I deliberation that it’s each astir balance."
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2021: Aubrey Confirms Marriage
After a decennary together, Aubrey confirmed she and Jeff had tied the knot portion giving him a uncommon shoutout connected societal media—and teasing their 4th movie together, Spin Me Round.
“So arrogant of my darling husband @jeffbaena for dreaming up different movie that takes america to italia to origin immoderate much trouble,” she wrote that May. “excited to beryllium reunited with the astonishing @alisonbrie (who besides co-wrote this one!) and @theofficialsuperstar @sordociego @lauren_weedman and truthful galore much amusive radical successful this. Preparati!!”
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2022: Jeff Shares Insight Why He and Aubrey Work So Well Together
After making respective movies with his wife, Jeff made it wide that he’s not conscionable her hubby oregon director, he’s her No. 1 fan.
“She’s awesome,” helium explained connected the Reel Talker podcast successful 2022. “I’d beryllium moving with her if she wasn’t my wife, but luckily she is my wife,” Baena told Reel Talker in 2022. “The accidental to bash thing originative wherever we’re some fulfilled. How uncommon is that?”
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2022: Their Final Film Together
Three years earlier Jeff's abrupt decease astatine property 47, helium and Aubrey worked connected their 4th and last movie together, Spin Me Round. During their 14 years together, they besides made The Little Hours and she appeared successful his 2016 movie Joshy.
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