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

After David Lynch’s death last month, as I revisited his work, one thing became clear to me: The Return (made in collaboration with Mark Frost, Twin Peaks’ co-creator) was not only his final major project but also a culmination of his style,

In this he was a lot like the painter Francis Bacon, who died in 1992, the year that Lynch’s “Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me” was released.

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.”

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