Isabella Rossellini has paid tribute to David Lynch — whose death was announced yesterday — with a post on Instagram. Rossellini shared an image of the pair embracing.
The caption read: “I loved him so much. Thanks for all your kind messages.” A post shared by Isabella Rossellini (@isabellarossellini) Rossellini, the daughter of Swedish actress Ingrid Bergman and Italian film director Roberto Rossellini, got her start as a performer in Lynch’s 1986 thriller Blue Velvet.
After Blue Velvet, Rossellini and Lynch briefly entered into a relationship, and in 2019, the actress presented Lynch with his honorary Oscar at the Governors Awards alongside Kyle MacLachlan and Laura Dern.
Lynch’s family posted news of his death on social media yesterday. The filmmaker was 78. Lynch had been diagnosed with emphysema.
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