Lynch spent time in Wilmington in the mid 1980s, when the director made one of his best-known and most notorious films.

David Lynch, the Oscar-nominated filmmaker who brought surrealist storytelling to the mainstream via "Twin Peaks" and "Muholland Drive," has died. He was 78.

David Lynch, the groundbreaking director of TV and movies from Twin Peaks and Blue Velvet to Wild at Heart, has died at 78. “It is with deep regret that we, his family, announce the passing of the man and the artist,