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Here's a non-facebook link for anyone who refuses to use that site: https://variety.com/2025/film/news/david-lynch-dead-director-blue-velvet-twin-peaks-1236276

Here's a non-facebook link for anyone who refuses to use that site: https://variety.com/2025/film/news/david-lynch-dead-director-blue-velvet-twin-peaks-1236276106/ https://variety.com/2025/film/news/david-lynch-dead-director...

wut42 2y ago
Thank you. I was hesitating to post the facebook source but back when I submitted there was no other coverage.
- freedomben 2y ago
  HN guidelines prefer the original source when possible, so you did the right thing IMHO.
  - wut42 2y ago
    Apparently not! https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42729717 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42729717 Funny :)
    - freedomben 2y ago
      Oh damn haha, a good example I suppose that "guidelines" aren't meant to be hard rules :-)
jamesfmilne 2y ago
Also on The Grauniad https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/jan/16/david-lynch-twin-peaks-and-muholland-drive-director-dies-aged-78 https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/jan/16/david-lynch-twi...
dang 2y ago
Ok, we'll use that above, since it has so much more information. (Submitted url was https://www.facebook.com/davidlynchofficial/posts/it-is-with-deep-regret-that-we-his-family-announce-the-passing-of-the-man-and-th/1179118190251944/ https://www.facebook.com/davidlynchofficial/posts/it-is-with....) Another relevant link people may want to look at: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/david-lynch-blue-velvet-mulholland-drive-1236110711/ https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/david-ly... Looks like NYT haven't published their full obituary yet.
- toomuchtodo 2y ago
  https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42730000 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42730000 https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/16/movies/david-lynch-dead.html https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/16/movies/david-lynch-dead.h... https://archive.today/NAhZi https://archive.today/NAhZi
  - dang 2y ago
    At the bottom of the last link it says "a full obituary will be published soon". But it seems they've done so now: https://archive.ph/vyxDJ https://archive.ph/vyxDJ.
    - toomuchtodo 2y ago
      My apologies for the lack of completeness at the time of my comment.

wut42 2y ago

Thank you. I was hesitating to post the facebook source but back when I submitted there was no other coverage.

freedomben 2y ago
HN guidelines prefer the original source when possible, so you did the right thing IMHO.
- wut42 2y ago
  Apparently not! https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42729717 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42729717 Funny :)
  - freedomben 2y ago
    Oh damn haha, a good example I suppose that "guidelines" aren't meant to be hard rules :-)

jamesfmilne 2y ago

Also on The Grauniad https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/jan/16/david-lynch-twin-peaks-and-muholland-drive-director-dies-aged-78 https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/jan/16/david-lynch-twi...

dang 2y ago

Ok, we'll use that above, since it has so much more information. (Submitted url was https://www.facebook.com/davidlynchofficial/posts/it-is-with-deep-regret-that-we-his-family-announce-the-passing-of-the-man-and-th/1179118190251944/ https://www.facebook.com/davidlynchofficial/posts/it-is-with....) Another relevant link people may want to look at: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/david-lynch-blue-velvet-mulholland-drive-1236110711/ https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/david-ly... Looks like NYT haven't published their full obituary yet.

toomuchtodo 2y ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42730000 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42730000 https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/16/movies/david-lynch-dead.html https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/16/movies/david-lynch-dead.h... https://archive.today/NAhZi https://archive.today/NAhZi
- dang 2y ago
  At the bottom of the last link it says "a full obituary will be published soon". But it seems they've done so now: https://archive.ph/vyxDJ https://archive.ph/vyxDJ.
  - toomuchtodo 2y ago
    My apologies for the lack of completeness at the time of my comment.