LA Wildfires May Have Contributed to David Lynch’s Death

Beloved "Mulholland Drive" director David Lynch lived just off of that titular Hollywood street — and his death may well have been related to the wildfires that blazed nearby. Sources close to the director told Deadline that Lynch "took a turn for the worse" after being forced to evacuate his house due to the Sunset fire, which burned for about 24 hours in the Hollywood Hills as larger conflagrations devastated other parts of LA County. Aged 78 at the time of his death, the lifelong smoker revealed to Sight and Sound magazine last year that he had been diagnosed with emphysema. [...]