Baena was found dead Friday at his Los Angeles home, according to medical examiner records. The causes and circumstances of death have not been revealed. The records indicated that the medical examiner’s office was investigating and did not include any information on exactly where her body was found or the cause of death.
The medical examiner’s office said in an email to The Associated Press Saturday that Baena was pronounced dead at 10:39 a.m.
A representative for Aubrey Plaza responded to a request for comment with a link to an article about Baena’s death on the entertainment industry news site Deadline.
Mr. Baena co-wrote the film I Heart Huckabees by David O. Russell in 2004 and has written and directed five of his own films, mostly dark comedies. Plaza starred in her first film, the zombie comedy Life After Beth, in 2014, and starred in two more of his films: The Little Hours et Spin Me Round.
Plaza, 40, rose to prominence playing April Ludgate in the TV series Parks and Recreation and was nominated for an Emmy for her role in The White Lotus. The couple married in 2021.
