The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s Office has confirmed that writer and director Jeff Baena, 47, died by suicide at his Los Angeles home on Jan. 3.
Baena, known for co-writing I Heart Huckabees and directing Life After Beth, was married to actress Aubrey Plaza since 2021. The couple had been together since 2011 but kept their relationship largely private.
A full report on Baena’s death will be available once the case is closed.
The house was wrong the second I stepped inside. Not empty—violated. My daughters sat frozen on the couch, shoes still on, as if someone had paused their…
For years, I believed I knew her completely. A good kid, a quiet house, a life without sharp edges—until a single offhand comment cracked everything open. One…
The smell hits first, thick and sweet, curling through your kitchen like a promise you didn’t know you needed. Four forgotten bananas, a handful of pantry staples,…
They came when the danger was over, when the stitches were already holding her together. They knocked like they owned the walls, like blood alone could rewrite…
They almost walked away. Not in one explosive moment, but in a slow erosion of patience, a steady ache of disappointments that never made headlines, only hollowed…
