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David Lynch ‘wanted to go back to work’ before his death says Naomi Watts

The Mulholland Drive star had lunch with the director weeks before he died, and says: ‘He was not, in any way, done’

Mulholland Drive star Naomi Watts says that David Lynch “wanted to go back to work” before his death in January. Lynch died after announcing in August 2024 that he had been diagnosed with emphysema and in November revealed that breathing difficulties were preventing him from working on sets, saying: “I can hardly walk across a room. Watts added: “There’s a lot I could share [about Lynch] but I want to be private about it because of his family.

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