Dr. Frank Ryan, a Beverly Hills plastic surgeon who came into the limelight after performing ten surgeries on reality TV star Heidi Montag in one day last November, died at the age of 50 after a car crash Monday in Southern California, Breaking Celebrity News has learned.

Dr. Ryan's Jeep tipped over the side of Pacific Coast Highway at Deer Creek Road in Ventura County around 4:30 pm, according to police. A passerby called 911. Excavation efforts failed, and the doctor was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident. An autopsy is expected to be performed Tuesday to determine the exact cause of death.

Police say Ryan's dog was in the car with him, and that the dog survived and was taken to a local veterinary hospital for treatment.

Shortly before his death, Frank Tweeted a picture of his dog at the beach.

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A family spokesman at Dr. Ryan’s Pony Bony ranch told Breaking Celebrity News Tuesday: “Frank’s mother is very upset we are asking people to keep their distance right now and his lawyer will be releasing a statement later today.”

Just prior to his death, Dr. Ryan sent out a pair of Tweets: "After 25 years of driving by, I finally hiked to the top of the giant sand dune on the pch west of Malibu. Much harder than it looks! Whew! ... Border collie jill surveying the view from atop the sand dune."

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Dr. Ryan had graduated from the University of Michigan in 1982, and then from Ohio State University College of Medicine in 1986. He perfected his craft with eight years of post-graduate surgical training at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, the University of Missouri and UCLA Medical Center.