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Originally Posted by Skybird

The Telegraph quotes unconfirmed reports claiming that Tony Scott suffered from depressions.

A very nasty, mean, and underhanded disease. And potentially lethal.

German forum members still have on mind the recent news on the suicide of actress Silvia Seidel, most likely due to depressions, too. Or national team goalie Thomas Enke two years ago.

Possible that Scott was not only desperate, but also wanted to protect his family also. For family members of a depressive person, life becomes misery as well. People retreating from depressive people, not always are careless or evil, or illoyal, but simply have been brought beyond their own breaking point, and just cannot stand it anymore. So I recommend to be careful before speaking bad of somebody leaving a depressive person behind. Everybody can handle so much only, and not more.

I've also heard reports that he was possibly diagnosed with untreatable brain cancer. Not confirmed as far as I can tell, though.