David Lynch died on account of cardiac arrest, with persistent obstructive pulmonary illness cited because the underlying trigger, in response to a demise certificates launched by the Los Angeles County Division of Public Well being on Friday (by way of TMZ).
The 78-year-old filmmaker handed away on January sixteenth, 2025. He was cremated and his stays have been buried on the Hollywood Ceaselessly Cemetery, the demise certificates notes.
A lifelong smoker, Lynch had been affected by emphysema since 2020. In current months, the illness had left him confined to his dwelling and counting on supplemental oxygen. In accordance with Deadline, Lynch was pressured to relocate from his Los Angeles-area home because of the Sundown Hearth and “then took a flip for the more serious.”
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