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Aubrey Plaza pulled out of Golden Globes following husband Jeff Beana’s sudden death

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Updated 09:47 6 Jan 2025 GMTPublished 09:40 6 Jan 2025 GMT

Aubrey Plaza pulled out of Golden Globes following husband Jeff Beana’s sudden death

The White Lotus actress was set to be presenting at the Golden Globe, but she naturally cancelled following the tragedy

Jen Thomas

Jen Thomas

Featured Image Credit: Jerod Harris/Getty Images/David Crotty/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images

Topics: Celebrity, TV And Film, Golden Globes

Jen Thomas
Jen Thomas

Jen Thomas is a freelance journalist and radio presenter for Magic Radio and Planet Rock, specialising in music and entertainment writing.

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Warning: This article contains discussion of suicide which some readers may find distressing

Following the tragic death of her husband Jeff Baena, Aubrey Plaza made the understandable decision to pull out of attending the Golden Globes.

Parks & Recreation star Aubrey was set to present at the prestigious event, but her husband sadly died by suicide just two days before.

The 47-year-old director was found unresponsive by his assistant in his Los Angeles home on 3 January, before law enforcement officers attended.

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He was tragically pronounced dead at the scene.

Aubrey Plaza cancelled her Golden Globes appearance following the tragic death of her husband, Jeff Baena (David Crotty/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images)
Aubrey Plaza cancelled her Golden Globes appearance following the tragic death of her husband, Jeff Baena (David Crotty/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images)

The LA County Medical Examiner's Office has since ruled Jeff's death as suicide.

A statement from the Los Angeles' Fire Department said, via the Daily Mail: "Death was determined for an approximately 47-year old male, no transport."

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In a statement, Aubrey's reps told Deadline that 'the family is devastated and asks for privacy at this difficult time'.

Aubrey was set to join Salma Hayek, Anya Taylor-Joy and Anthony Ramos at the 82nd Golden Globes last night. PEOPLE magazine has since confirmed the star's absence.

Tributes were paid to Jeff during the event, with director Brady Corbet mentioning him during his speech after winning best movie director for The Brutalist.

The film director died by suicide at the age of 47 (J. Countess/Getty Images)
The film director died by suicide at the age of 47 (J. Countess/Getty Images)

He ended by saying, "Finally, tonight my heart is with Aubrey Plaza and Jeff's family."

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The couple were notoriously private about their relationship, with many fans not realising they had married until Aubrey referred to Jeff as her "husband" in a social media post.

They first met back in 2011 when she auditioned for his film, Life After Beth.

The couple worked on multiple projects together, including Joshy and Horse Girl, before Jeff eventually proposed after ten years together.

They married in private, with it only coming to light when Aubrey made the reference on Instagram in May 2021, as she praised her husband for his Spin Me Round project.

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Jeff had sadly passed away two days before the event (Jerod Harris/Getty Images)
Jeff had sadly passed away two days before the event (Jerod Harris/Getty Images)

"So proud of my darling husband @jeffbaena for dreaming up another film that takes us to Italia to cause some more trouble," she wrote.

Talking about his career back in 2014, Jeff told Seensome: "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 leaves behind Aubrey, his mother Barbara Stern, stepfather Roger Stern, father Scott Baena, stepmother Michelle Baena, brother Brad Baena, and stepsiblings Bianca Gabay and Jed Fluxman.

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