David Lynch walks the red carpet during the 12th Rome Film Festival. Photo: Ernesto S. Ruscio/Getty Images.
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.'”
“It’s a beautiful day with golden sunshine and blue skies all the way.”
Lynch was a onetime artist who broke through in the 1970s with the surreal “Eraserhead” and rarely failed to startle and inspire audiences and peers in the following decades.
His other credits included the crime story ‘Wild at Heart,’ winner of the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival; the biographical drama and the G-rated, straightforward “The Straight Story.”
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