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A sad day: Twin Peaks' Log Lady Catherine Coulson dies at 71

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Mary Dangerfield, Coulson's agent and friend, told The Hollywood Reporter the family had not yet made the cause of death public.

"We are all deeply sad - she meant so much to so many," Dangerfield said. Lynch said in a statement: "Today, I lost one of my dearest friends, Catherine Coulson."

He added: "Catherine was solid gold. She was always there for her friends - she was filled with love for all people, for her family, for her work. She was a tireless worker."

The director praised her "great sense of humour", and said she was "a spiritual person - a long-time meditator. She was the Log Lady".

Coulson appeared in Lynch's 1974 short film The Amputee and was assistant director on his 1977 debut feature film Eraserhead, before playing the Log Lady on both series of Twin Peaks and in the prequel film, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me.

It was on the set of Eraserhead that Coulson and Lynch began to discuss the idea of a woman who carried around a log.
She once described her character as the "only normal person on the show," but added that she's "had some trauma and bonded with this Ponderosa pine".

Lynch, whose credits also include Blue Velvet and Mulholland Drive, created the cult drama with Mark Frost in the early 1990s.

Revolving around the murder of teenage schoolgirl Laura Palmer, the show was a precursor of dense, cinematic TV shows like The Sopranos and The Wire.

It won three Golden Globe awards in 1991, including best TV series and best actor for Kyle MacLachlan.
Lynch will direct a Twin Peaks sequel series which will air on US TV network Showtime next year.
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I'm not even a little bit sad about this news
 
I feel sad every time someone's dog dies though
 
fishonjazz said:
I feel sad every time someone's dog dies though
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You must be like my sister. Violence/murder on TV or in the movies doesn't bother her. Dead human - no big deal. But any animal dies or is mistreated, she goes ballistic. My other sister and I will often tell her if she should skip a particualr movie or show. The other day I mentioned euthanizing an old animal suffering with terrible health conditions and she made me stop.
 
Stifle Tower said:
You must be like my sister. Violence/murder on TV or in the movies doesn't bother her. Dead human - no big deal. But any animal dies or is mistreated, she goes ballistic. My other sister and I will often tell her if she should skip a particualr movie or show. The other day I mentioned euthanizing an old animal suffering with terrible health conditions and she made me stop.
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Yes I'm like your sister. I like dogs more than most people. If I go to a party and the homeowner has a dog I spend more time playing with the dog than socializing with the humans.
When I go to my families get togethers, they all have out door only dogs and I feel bad for them and always make it a point to play with them in the yard.

I don't agree with your last sentence though. I think that if the dogs quality of life is poor then you should put them down. Keeping an old, sick, miserable dog alive is just the owner being selfish and not wanting to deal with the pain of losing their best friend/family member.

Having said that, I can't imagine putting my dog down and I will probably be a selfish prick when that time comes and force my dog to live in pain too just to avoid my own pain of losing him
 
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