His sinister, surreal vision of America made him a leading counterculture auteur — with movies such as Blue Velvet, Wild at Heart and Mulholland Drive, and the groundbreaking TV series Twin Peaks.

When I was in my early 30s, I had some minor surgery and was laid up for a long weekend. Knowing this was scheduled, I had gone to the neighborhood

A visionary, his films included “Eraserhead,” “Blue Velvet” and “Mulholland Drive.” He also brought his skewed view to the small screen with “Twin Peaks.”

Twin Peaks creator David Lynch had died at the age of 78. "It is with deep regret that we, his family, announce the passing of the man and the artist, David Lynch. We would appreciate some privacy at this time,

David Lynch, who died Thursday, combined Eisenhower-era innocence & experimental cinema to forge a disturbing, darkly hilarious look at American life

David Lynch, the artist, filmmaker, and musician who mined the strange and the surreal over four decades, has died.

David Lynch, who made films and television shows unlike anyone else, has died at 78, his family said in a statement Thursday.

David Lynch, the creator of the television series "Twin Peaks" and the director of "Dune," passed away at the age of 78.

Lynch was far more revered in Europe than in America, but he was a particularly American artist. Like one of his idols, Elvis Presley, Lynch was one those unique cultural figures who embodied both the optimism and nightmare of the American dream.

David Lynch has died at the age of 78, his family announced on Thursday, Jan. 16. "It is with deep regret that we, his family, announce the passing of the man and the artist, David Lynch. We would appreciate some privacy at this time,

David Lynch, the prolific artist and filmmaker who created the television show “Twin Peaks,” died Thursday, four days before his 79th birthday. His early childhood in the Inland Northwest left a lasting impression on his psyche.

Why’, the young naif Jeffrey (Kyle MacLachlan) asks in Blue Velvet, ‘is there so much trouble in this world?’ Three decades later, in a particularly gruesome episode of Twin Peaks: The Return, Janey-E (Naomi Watts) echoes him: ‘What kind of world are we living in where people can behave like this?