Aubrey Plaza’s estranged husband Jeff Baena sent her text hours before he died

Hollywood actress Aubrey Plaza expressed concern for the filmmaker’s welfare after he passed away, despite the reports that Aubrey Plaza and Jeff Baena were already separated when he passed away at age 47.

Filmmaker Jeff Baena sent his estranged wife Aubrey Plaza a text message hours before he died, a medical examiner said.

The pair later spoke on the telephone on January 3 – before the director and screenwriter was found lifeless at a home close to a nature trail. The Los Angeles County medical examiner yesterday concluded Jeff, 47, took his own life after hearing circumstances around the death.

Aubrey, who was married to the director for three years until their split in 2024, became concerned about her estranged partner’s welfare in the months before his death. The report said Jeff, who wrote, directed and produced comedy Spin Me Round in 2022 and 2020 drama Horse Girl, attended therapy after Aubrey asked a friend to perform a welfare check on him late last year.

The 40-year-old woman spoke with her husband on the phone the same day as he died and said she “last knew her husband was alive when he texted her a message on January 3, the day of his death.”

But a dog walker discovered Jeff, born in Miami, Florida, lifeless that day and cause of his death determined as hanging. Aubrey, who met the writer at a game night, called the passing “an unimaginable tragedy” at the time.

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When Aubrey and Jeff first met in 2011, their friendship quickly developed into a relationship, and they frequently collaborated creatively. After a small ceremony in their garden in 2021, Audrey and her partner wed in four of their respective films. The actress, who is originally from Wilmington, Delaware, revealed to The Ellen DeGeneres Show in December 2021 that they had decided to wed after being “a little bored one night” during the Covid pandemie.

The actress is best known for her role in the Disney+ series Agatha All Along, which received a Golden Globe nomination in 2023 for her role in the HBO dark comedy White Lotus. She has also appeared in movies like Emily The Criminal, Megalopolis, My Old Ass, Ingrid Goes West, and Dirty Grandpa.

After receiving praise for his 2004 bestsellers I Heart Huckabees and Meet the Fockers, Jeff’s career soared. In 2016, he went on to write and direct Joshy, a comedy drama starring Thomas Middleditch.

Source: Mirror