David Lynch Cause Of Death Revealed
deadline.comThe cause of death for lauded and experimental filmmaker David Lynch has been revealed. Lynch, who was behind such films as The Elephant Man, Blue Velvet, Mulholland Drive and the seminal television series Twin Peaks, died as a result of cardiac arrest, with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease listed as an underlying cause, per a report by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health obtained by TMZ.
Dehydration is also listed as a significant condition contributing to the death. Beloved by the industry — with heartfelt tributes since pouring in from muses like Kyle MacLachlan and Naomi Watts, executives like Bob Iger and Ted Sarandos and fellow directors like Ron Howard and Martin Scorsese — Lynch died Jan.
15, five days shy of his 79th birthday. Per Deadline’s obituary, Lynch had been diagnosed with emphysema in 2020, after having smoked tobacco for years since he was eight years old.
Sources told Deadline that he was forced to relocate from his house due to the Sunset Fire Jan. 8 and then took a turn for the worse.
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