Hollywood is honoring the life of film legend David Lynch after he died at the age of 78 on Thursday.
The “Mulholland Drive” director’s family announced his passing via Facebook, writing, “There’s a big hole in the world now that he’s no longer with us.
“But, as he would say. ‘Keep your eye on the donut and not on the hole.’ It’s a beautiful day with golden sunshine and blue skies all the way.”
In August, Lynch announced he was diagnosed with emphysema as a result of “smoking for so long” and was “homebound.”
“It would be very bad for me to get sick, even with a cold,” he told Sight & Sound magazine, per the Independent.
The filmmaker shared he could “only walk a short distance before” running “out of oxygen.”
Despite the setback, Lynch took to X that same month to share he would “never retire” from the movie industry.
His cause of death wasn’t revealed.
Several Hollywood moguls mourned the “Twin Peaks” director via social media, including Kyle MacLachlan, who starred in Lynch’s 1984 film “Dune,” 1986 movie “Blue Velvet” and his 1990 TV series “Twin Peaks.”
“Forty-two years ago, for reasons beyond my comprehension, David Lynch plucked me out of obscurity to star in his first and last big budget movie,” the actor wrote on Instagram.
“He clearly saw something in me that even I didn’t recognize. I owe my entire career, and life really, to his vision.”
MacLachlan, 65, described Lynch as an “enigmatic and intuitive man with a creative ocean bursting forth inside of him.”
The “Blink Twice” star shared that his life was “much fuller” because he knew Lynch and “much emptier now that he’s gone.”
James Gunn took to X to share that the “Inland Empire” star “inspired so many.”
Actor Kumail Nanjiani passed along an inspirational message from Lynch, writing via Bluesky, “David Lynch said that filmmaking should be fun & joyful.
“Of course it can be hard work. Of course the work itself can encompass all kinds of pain & painful truth. But the act of creation itself should be full of joy. I think about that all the time.”
“Yellowjackets” star Melanie Lynskey called Lynch the “greatest of the greats,” thanking him for the “legacy” he left behind.
Fellow filmmaker Steven Spielberg, who casted Lynch in his 2022 drama, “The Fabelmans,” described the late actor as a “visionary dreamer who directed films that felt handmade,” via a statement to the Wrap.
“The world is going to miss such an original and unique voice,” Spielberg said. “His films have already stood the test of time and they always will.”
The cast of the 2022 Apple TV+ series “Severance” also addressed Lynch’s death on Thursday’s episode of SiriusXM’s “Andy Cohen Live” show.
Patricia Arquette, who worked on the 1997 “Lost Highway” thriller with Lynch, said, “There’s nobody like him.”
The actress added she had a gut feeling that she needed to see Lynch before he died, though it’s unclear if she ever scheduled a visit.
Ben Stiller chimed in, saying he once lived across the street from Lynch in Los Angeles and would see him while trick-or-treating at a young age.
The “Zoolander” star described Lynch as a “very kind guy,” adding, “He was just a visionary director and the guy was able to take filmmaking in the commercial world and make art within it too.”
The duo, and Adam Scott, agreed Lynch “changed culture in a lot of ways.”
