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More details about the death of director Jeff Baena<\/strong><\/a>, husband of actress Aubrey Plaza<\/strong><\/a>, have been revealed.<\/p>\n The 47-year-old, who was also a screenwriter, died by suicide, according to Los Angeles medical examiner records, viewed by E! News. Baena was found dead at a residence in the city Jan. 3.<\/p>\n Baena, a graduate of New York University’s film school, frequently collaborated with Plaza, who starred in his films Life After Beth<\/em>\u2014his 2014 directorial debut, plus Joshy<\/em>, The Little Hours <\/em>and Spin Me Round<\/em>. Baena was also known for cowriting the 2004 comedy I Heart Huckabees\u00a0<\/em>with director David O. Russell<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Baena and Plaza, 40, met in 2011 and married in 2020, with the White Lotus<\/em> actress<\/a> confirming the following year, while they were working on the movie\u00a0Spin Me Round<\/em>,\u00a0that they had tied the knot.<\/p>\n “So proud of my darling husband @jeffbaena,” Plaza wrote on Instagram<\/a> in May 2021, “for dreaming up another film that takes us to italia to cause some more trouble.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n