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1946 – 2025David Lynch -- filmmaker, painter, surrealistDavid Keith Lynch (20 January 1946 - 15 January 2025) was an American filmmaker, visual artist, musician and actor whose surrealist vision of America made him one of the most influential directors in the history of cinema. In a career spanning more than fifty years he directed only ten feature films, but among them were works -- Eraserhead, The Elephant Man, Blue Velvet, Mulholland Drive -- widely regarded as masterpieces. He co-created Twin Peaks with Mark Frost, transforming American television. His distinctive style gave rise to the adjective 'Lynchian', denoting a quality of uncanny menace beneath surfaces of normality. He received three Academy Award nominations for Best Director, the Palme d''Or at Cannes, and an Honorary Academy Award in 2019. A lifelong smoker, he died of cardiac arrest caused by chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, five days before his 79th birthday.
2025David Lynch dies in Los AngelesDavid Lynch died on 15 January 2025 in Los Angeles, five days before his 79th birthday. His death certificate listed cardiac arrest as the immediate cause, with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease as the underlying condition. His family announced the news on his Facebook page with the words: '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.' He was cremated and buried at Hollywood Forever Cemetery.