Rebekah Del Rio, a singer-songwriter who achieved cinematic legend with her performance of “Llorando” in David Lynch‘s 2001 opus “Mulholland Drive,” died June 23 at her residence in Los Angeles. She was 57 years old.
Del Rio’s death was confirmed through the Los Angeles Coroner’s Office. No further details about her death are currently available.
Lynch was first introduced to Del Rio by their mutual CAA agent Brian Loucks in the mid-’90s. The singer was working under a country record deal in Nashville, Tenn., which she had landed off of her recording of “Llorando,” a Spanish-language cover of Roy Orbison’s “Crying.” Upon their meeting, Lynch asked Del Rio
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