As reported by Variety, David Lynch, the auteur director of Eraserhead, Blue Velvet, Twin Peaks, Mulholland Drive, and more, has died at the age of 78. Lynch is survived by his four children, and leaves behind a body of work that had a transformative effect not only on film and television, but also videogames.
Lynch revealed at the end of 2024 that he had been suffering from emphysema due to many years of being an active smoker: "I have to say that I enjoyed smoking very much, and I do love tobacco—the smell of it, lighting cigarettes on fire, smoking them—but there is a price to pay for this enjoyment, and that price is emphysema."
