The late director’s work was often described as “mysterious” or “surreal”—but the emotions it provoked were just as fundamental.

David Lynch’s cause of death revealed - ‘Mulholland Drive’ and ‘Twin Peaks’ director died on January 16 at the age of 78

David Lynch died on Jan. 15, 2025 from complications of emphysema, a chronic lung disease, at the age of 78. He was known primarily for his direction of surreal and dreamlike movies, such as “Eraserhead,” “The Elephant Man,” “Blue Velvet,” “Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me,” “Lost Highway,” “Mulholland Drive” and his popular TV show: “Twin Peaks.”

Legendary moviemaker David Lynch was haunted to the grave by a painful regret. Knewz.com can reveal the Mulholland Drive director was a serial cheater with four failed marriages that left his exes heartbroken and his children scarred.

T hroughout his career, David Lynch often crossed paths with Barry Gifford. It was from Gifford’s novel of the same name that Lynch adapted Wild At Heart. Later, they collaborat