Twin Peaks theme song singer Julee Cruise dies aged 65

News of Cruise's passing was confirmed in a statement on Facebook by her husband Edward Grinnan, who wrote, "She left this realm on her own terms. No regrets. She is at peace. Having such a varied music career she often said that the time she spent as a B filling in for Cindy while she was having a family was the happiest time of her performing life ... I played her "Roam" [by The B-52's] during her transition. Now she will roam forever. Rest in peace, my love, and love to you all."

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Cruise was best known for her "Falling" song, which featured on her 1989 debut album Floating Into the Night that was produced and written by David Lynch annd Angelo Badalamenti. Lynch and Badalamenti went on to use the instrumental version of "Falling" for Twin Peaks a year later. Cruise also contributed to the Twin Peaks songs "Into the Night" and "The Nightingale". She first worked with Badalamenti and David Lynch on the Blue Velvet track "Mysteries of Love" in 1986.

As well as appearing in Twin Peaks, Cruise featured in Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me in 1992, and in the third season of Twin Peaks which aired in 2017.