Isabella Rossellini Shares David Lynch Tribute: “I Loved Him So Much”​on January 17, 2025 at 12:36 pm

Isabella Rossellini has paid tribute to David Lynch — whose death was announced yesterday — with a post on Instagram. 

Rossellini shared an image of the pair embracing. The caption read: “I loved him so much. Thanks for all your kind messages.” 

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Rossellini, the daughter of Swedish actress Ingrid Bergman and Italian film director Roberto Rossellini, got her start as a performer in Lynch’s 1986 thriller Blue Velvet. After Blue Velvet, Rossellini and Lynch briefly entered into a relationship, and in 2019, the actress presented Lynch with his honorary Oscar at the Governors Awards alongside Kyle MacLachlan and Laura Dern. 

Lynch’s family posted news of his death on social media yesterday. The filmmaker was 78. Lynch had been diagnosed with emphysema. Sources told Deadline that he was forced to relocate from his house due to the Sunset Fire and then took a turn for the worse. In an interview with Sight & Sound magazine last year, Lynch revealed that due to Covid fears and his emphysema diagnosis, he no longer could leave the house, which meant if he directed again, it would be remotely. He then followed up the interview with a post on social that he “will never retire” despite his physical challenges.

“It is with deep regret that we, his family, announce the passing of the man and the artist, David Lynch,” the family’s post read. “We would appreciate some privacy at this time. 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.”

Lynch, who was married four times, is survived by four children.