David Lynch, the legendary director of "Twin Peaks" and "Mulholland Drive," is dead at 78, his family announced Jan. 16 on Facebook.

Celebrated director David Lynch has died. He was 78. David's family announced his death in a tribute on Facebook. His loved ones write, 'There’s a big hole in the world now that he’s no longer with us.

David Lynch, the filmmaker celebrated for his uniquely dark vision in such movies as “Blue Velvet” and “Mulholland Drive” and the TV series “Twin Peaks,”

David Lynch, the American filmmaker, visual artist, musician, and actor, has died at 78. His family announced the death in a Facebook post on Thursday, January 16.

Legendary filmmaker David Lynch has sadly passed away at 78. The writer and director was known for helming some all-time classics, including 1984's Dune and beloved TV series Twin Peaks. Read on for more.

David Lynch, the critically acclaimed director and writer known for his signature dark and surrealist artistic vision, has died at age 78 following a battle with emphysema. The Dune (1984) director's family announced his death via a post on Facebook on Thursday,

David Lynchs children have urged fans to join them in a "worldwide group meditation" to honour the directors memory on what owuld have been his 79th birthday on Monday (20.01.5).

Andy Cohen was criticized for suddenly breaking the news of David Lynch's death in the middle of a live interview with the 'Severance' cast

Alicia Witt, who played young Alia Atreides in Dune took to Instagram: Isabella Rossellini, whose breakout role was in Lynch’s 1986 cult classic Blue Velvet and was in a romantic relationship with Lynch until 1991 had a simple, devistating message to share:

After starting her career in the late ‘80s and early ‘90s, Watts scored her breakout role in Lynch’s 2001 mystery thriller Mulholland Drive. She portrayed lookalikes Betty Elms and Diane Selwyn, the former of which worked to help a woman with amnesia named Rita (played by Laura Harring) unravel the truth of her identity.