By Debbie Emery - Breaking Celebrity News Reporter

As new details emerge about the tragic suicide of Tony Scott, many are shocked at the manner in which he took his own life by jumping off a Los Angeles County bridge, and Breaking Celebrity News can exclusively reveal that the Top Gun director's decision-making skills may have been damaged by his terminal brain cancer.

"Brain cancer can affect the patient's ability to think clearly and it may lead them to think the situation is hopeless when in fact there are things that can be done," neurologist Lee D. Cranberg, M.D., who had not treated Scott, told Breaking Celebrity News in an exclusive interview.

"It could interfere with their decision making process and weighing up the pros and cons," he explained.

"Damage in different areas of the brain can cause different mental and cognitive function, and of course not just on the thinking process but the ability to sense things and make deliberate movements, such as move your arm or your leg."

As Breaking Celebrity News previously reported, the 68-year-old younger brother of famed filmmaker Ridley Scott jumped to his death from the Vincent Thomas Bridge spanning San Pedro and Terminal Island in Los Angeles Harbor on Sunday. His body was pulled out of the water several hours later by divers from the Los Angeles Port Police.

Scott left a suicide note at his office, law enforcement sources said, but police have not revealed what was in it. Craig Harvey, a chief at the coroner's office, said Scott also left several "instructional" notes to family and friends.

It has since been revealed that the Days Of Thunder director was suffering from inoperable brain cancer, although the exact ty