David Lynch Dies: 'Twin Peaks', 'Blue Velvet', 'Elephant Man' & 'Eraserhead' Visionary Was 78
Source: Deadline
One of Hollywood’s worst weeks in just got worse. David Lynch, the four-time Oscar-nominated filmmaker behind Blue Velvet, Mulholland Drive, Eraserhead, Wild at Heart, The Elephant Man and others who also created the Showtime drama Twin Peaks, has died. He was 78.
His family posted the news on social media.
Lynch had been diagnosed with emphysema. Sources told Deadline that he was forced to relocate from his house due to the Sunset Fire and then took a turn for the worse. In an interview with Sight & Sound magazine last year, Lynch revealed that due to Covid fears and his emphysema diagnosis, he could no longer could leave the house, which meant if he directed again, it would be remote. He then followed up the interview with a post on social that he “will never retire” despite his physical challenges.
“It is with deep regret that we, his family, announce the passing of the man and the artist, David Lynch,” the family’s post reads. “We would appreciate some privacy at this time. There’s a big hole in the world now that he’s no longer with us. But, as he would say, ‘Keep your eye on the donut and not on the hole.’ It’s a beautiful day with golden sunshine and blue skies all the way.”
Read more: https://deadline.com/2025/01/david-lynch-dead-twin-peaks-blue-velvet-elephant-man-1236258625/
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Boggles the mind.
RIP DL.
(heh)
Not mentioning Trumpsk or anyone.
I thought "Twin Freaks" (above) wasn't bad either.
! 
Just thotta that one.
Not exactly, but with E. Jean Carroll and Stormy Daniels (and Ivanka?), etc., he does come closer to that kind of person, Leland Palmer, than any president I can think of.
Eeeee...
I love his work, sorry to hear he's gone.
By Patricia Reaney
January 16, 20251:51 PM EST
LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK, Jan 16 (Reuters) - David Lynch, the American filmmaker, writer and artist who scored best director Oscar nominations for "Blue Velvet," "The Elephant Man" and "Mulholland Drive" and co-created the groundbreaking TV series "Twin Peaks," has died at age 78, his family said on Thursday.
"It is with deep regret that we, his family, announce the passing of the man and the artist, David Lynch," a statement on Lynch's Facebook page said. "There's a big hole in the world now that he's no longer with us. But, as he would say, 'Keep your eye on the donut and not on the hole.'"
With his visually stunning, disturbing and inscrutable works filled with dream sequences and bizarre images, Lynch was considered a master of surrealism and one of the most innovative filmmakers of his generation.
He received an honorary Academy Award in 2019 for his lifetime achievements.
The enigmatic artist and devotee of transcendental meditation preferred not to explain his complex, bewildering films, which included "Wild at Heart," the 1990 Palme d'Or winner of the Cannes Film Festival, the 1977 horror film "Eraserhead" and the 1997 mystery "Lost Highway."
/snip
Cross gently, David.
Nah. 
Wonder what a prime-time "Mulholland" would've looked like...
I'll meditate on that.
Maybe he subconsciously channeled Missoula.
I'll hafta go to Idaho now...
Good story! 
I should have run away right then. I broke up with her later by jumping out of her moving car.
She was not the only David Lynch fan I dated.
I'm not sure how any of this reflects on me, the companionship I sought out as a troubled young person, or David Lynch, but thanks for the memories... I guess.
My wife hates dark movies. I appreciate that.
"I should have run away right then. I broke up with her later by jumping out of her moving car."
If Timothee Chalamet runs into me by any chance, I'll give him your phone number... 