Aubrey Plaza’s husband Jeff Baena has died aged just 47, with the film director being found unresponsive at his Los Angeles home on Friday morning
Jeff Baena’s cause of death has been confirmed.
The American film and television presenter was found by an assistant at his Los Angeles home on Friday. Law enforcement offers and the fire brigade from the LA area arrived at his home around 10.30am on January 3 and he was pronounced dead on the scene. A spokesperson for Jeff’s family, including his wife Aubrey Plaza, confirmed to the Mirror that they had been left devastated by the heartbreaking news and stated that the circumstances surrounding his death remained unclear but requested that they be granted time to grieve privately.
Baena and Plaza’s romance sparked back in 2011 during her audition for his movie Life After Beth, marking the start of not just a working partnership but a romantic journey that led them through creative collaborations like Joshy (2016) and Horse Girl (2020). Fast forward to December 2021, Baena got down on one knee after ten years together.
Keeping it hush-hush, they tied the knot quietly and away from the public eye. In a nod to her beau on Instagram, Plaza referred to Baena as her “husband” in May 2021 while beaming with pride over their joint project Spin Me Round.
She gushed about her hubby’s new film project in Italy, writing: “So proud of my darling husband @jeffbaena for dreaming up another film that takes us to Italia to cause some more trouble [devil emoji],” as she revealed they were collaborating on Spin Me Round. Throughout their relationship, they have largely stayed under the radar, keeping their love story out of the limelight and deciding not to have kids.
Jeff, a Miami native, later became a New Yorker to chase his dream at film school, ultimately setting his sights on becoming a filmmaker in Los Angeles. It was with Life After Beth that he made his mark as a director alongside his now-wife.
Reflecting on his directing debut in a 2014 interview with Seensome, Baena confessed: “It’s all I ever want to do; it felt really comfortable and fun. I’ve been a writer for twelve years now and it was always a means to an end, I never wanted to be a writer, I wanted to be a director so this was always my intention and it felt right.”
Jeff Baena’s family includes his wife and actress Aubrey Plaza, mother Barbara Stern, stepfather Roger Stern, father Scott Baena, stepmother Michele Baena, brother Brad Baena, and stepsiblings Bianca Gabay and Jed Fluxman. Jeff Baena’s family includes his wife and actress Aubrey Plaza, mother Barbara Stern, stepfather Roger Stern, father Scott Baena, stepmother Michele Baena, brother Brad Baena, and stepsiblings Bianca Gabay and Jed Fluxman.
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