# RIP Julee Cruise **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 11, 2022, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-julee-cruise/966046 "2022-06-11T21:26:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Yogeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yogeekgirl/32/4129_2.png) [@Yogeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yogeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2022, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-julee-cruise/966046/1 "2022-06-11T21:26:35Z")
Included Wiki link because I didn’t want a paywall. : ) The NYT obit is pretty nice. 😭 😭 😭 > **[Julee Cruise](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julee_Cruise)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > > Julee Ann Cruise (December 1, 1956 – June 9, 2022) was an American singer, songwriter and actress, known for her collaborations with composer Angelo Badalamenti and film director David Lynch in the late 1980s and early 1990s. She released four albums beginning with 1989's Floating into the Night. > Cruise is best known for her 1989 single "Falling"; an instrumental version was used as the theme song for the television series Twin Peaks in which ... ---
**Author:** ![GreysonCarlisle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2022, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-julee-cruise/966046/2 "2022-06-11T21:28:05Z")
No! Well, crap. And another suicide. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2022, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-julee-cruise/966046/3 "2022-06-11T21:35:28Z")
Wrapped in plastic… ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2022, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-julee-cruise/966046/4 "2022-06-11T23:02:06Z")
Other articles: > **[Julee Cruise, otherworldly crooner on 'Twin Peaks,' dies at 65](https://www.npr.org/2022/06/10/1104158276/julee-cruise-obituary-twin-peaks-david-lynch-b52s)** > > Cruise's instrument, a voice of such intense calm it could be unsettling, made her a natural collaborator of director David Lynch — and, later, new-wave icons The B-52s. > **[Julee Cruise, Singer and Frequent David Lynch Collaborator, Dead at 65](https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/julee-cruise-obituary-1365958/)** > > Iowa-born singer’s voice was integral to many of Lynch’s projects, including Twin Peaks and Blue Velvet > **[Julee Cruise, singer and frequent David Lynch collaborator, dies aged 65](https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/jun/10/julee-cruise-singer-david-lynch-collaborator-dies-aged-65-b52s)** > > Singer who had chart hit with Falling in 1990 ‘left this realm on her own terms’ according to husband > **[Julee Cruise, 'Twin Peaks' singer and David Lynch collaborator, dies at 65](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2022-06-10/julee-cruise-twin-peaks-david-lynch-falling-dies)** > > Cruise’s association with Lynch and Angelo Badalamenti defined her career, providing her with her breakthrough hit, 'Falling.' ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2022, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-julee-cruise/966046/5 "2022-06-12T09:49:52Z")
This is sad news. > [@GreysonCarlisle](#): > > And another suicide. She _was_ 65 and seriously ill. ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2022, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-julee-cruise/966046/6 "2022-06-12T10:42:38Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > She _was_ 65 and seriously ill. Somehow it seems less bad when it is done to evade a serious illness. I am reminded of Robin Williams who did the same. Still very sad. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2022, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-julee-cruise/966046/7 "2022-06-14T12:45:12Z")
Damn I hate to hear that. She was absolutely spot-on perfect in the Twin Peaks music. Such a lovely yet ghostly, eerie voice. Love her performance in [Falling.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKDetywgLb4)