David Lynch’s cause of death has been revealed

nme.com:

David Lynch‘s cause of death has been revealed.The beloved late director’s death was announced by his family on social media earlier this year (January 16) – he was aged 78.

Lynch, who is celebrated for films like Mulholland Drive, Blue Velvet and the iconic TV series Twin Peaks, revealed his emphysema diagnosis last year, which was caused by smoking for most of his life.

In November, he shared that he required supplemental oxygen to walk.It was speculated that the LA wildfires had affected his health, with anonymous sources telling Deadline his health took a turn for the worse after he was forced to evacuate from his home along Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles.Now, TMZ has reported that the Eraserhead director died as a result of cardiac arrest, with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease cited as the underlying cause.

The document obtained by the publication, a death certificate released by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health on Friday (February 7), also cited dehydration as a significant factor.After Lynch passed, his family broke the news the following day, writing on his Facebook page: “There’s a big hole in the world now that he’s no longer with us.