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Jan 20, 1996 · Jan. 20, 1996 12 AM PT. TIMES STAFF WRITERS. Don Simpson--a leading producer of such movies as “Top Gun” and “Crimson Tide,” whose life was awash with stories of drug-laced parties in ...
Donald "Don" Simpson ( Anchorage, Alaska 29 lokakuuta 1945 – Los Angeles 19. tammikuuta 1996 [1]) oli yhdysvaltalainen elokuvatuottaja, joka tunnettiin hedonistisesta elämäntyylistään ja suuresta vaikutuksestaan 1980-luvun amerikkalaisiin elokuviin. Simpson varttui Alaskassa vähävaraisten ja ankaran uskonnollisten vanhempien lapsena.
Mar 4, 2015 · But Simpson’s drug-taking was out of control. On December 20, 1995, Bruckheimer called it quits and ended their partnership. By the following January his ex-partner was dead. Don Simpson’s corpse was found in his home, slumped over the toilet. The coroner found traces of cocaine and another twenty legal drugs in his body. Police found 2,200 ...
Jun 21, 2024 · Don Simpon was born in Seattle on October 29, 1943. His father was an airplane mechanic for Boeing and his mother was a housewife. For a man as debauched as Don Simpson, his childhood is shocking ...
Don Simpson, the producer of `Top Gun' and `Beverly Hills Cop', was the king of high-concept Hollywood. But unlike his movies, the producer's life did not have a happy ending. David Thomson reports
Dec 4, 2023 · Jason Bergman | December 4, 2023. Photo by Donald Simpson. In his four-decade career, Don Simpson has seen it all. He found early success with his signature superhero parody character Megaton Man, had a front row seat to the indie boom of the ‘80s, and then rode the Image and self-publishing waves of the mid ‘90s.
Tony Scott. Anthony David Leighton Scott (21 June 1944 – 19 August 2012) was an English film director and producer. He made his theatrical film debut with The Hunger (1983) and went on to direct highly successful action and thriller films such as Top Gun (1986), Beverly Hills Cop II (1987), Days of Thunder (1990), The Last Boy Scout (1991 ...
