40-year-old actress and producer Aubrey Plaza broke her silence after the suicide of her husband, 47-year-old director Jeff Baena. The star's representative commented to DailyMail and other media.

" We are deeply grateful to everyone who has supported us. Please respect our privacy at this time,"

Due to the death of her husband, Plaza missed the 82nd Golden Globe Awards ceremony in Los Angeles, where she was supposed to co-host.

Her husband's body was found in a home in the Los Feliz neighborhood of Los Angeles.. A forensic examination found that the cause of the director's death was asphyxia due to hanging..

Plaza, who began dating Baena in 2011 and married him in 2021, has worked with him in films including If Your Girlfriend Is a Zombie (2014), The Little Hours (2017) and Spin Me.

Brutalist director Brady Corbett, who won Best Director, spoke about the tragedy during the Golden Globes..

“My heart goes out to Aubrey Plaza and Jeff’s family today,” he said, as Brutalist star Adrien Brody fought back tears..

Although Baena has not received a single Golden Globe nomination in his career, he has received two Grand Jury Award nominations for his two films at the Sundance Film Festival (Joshi in 2016 and If Your Girlfriend Is a Zombie in 2016)..

What made Baena commit suicide is still unknown. There was no information about the suicide note or problems in his life in the press, and his family remains silent on this matter.

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