American singer Julee Cruise, famous for being the voice of the main song of the series Twin peaksShe died at the age of 65, her husband, Edward Grinnan, announced on Facebook.

“Julee left this kingdom on her terms. No regrets. Now she is at peace,” Grinnan declared.

He also revealed that Cruise’s life was fading as he listened to his own song Wander (“Walk”). “Now he will wander forever. Rest in peace, my love,” Grinnan concluded.

However, the singer’s husband did not explain what the cause of death was four years ago he announced he had lupusan autoimmune disease.

The “Twin Peaks” theme

The singer’s most famous song was saggingthe theme song of the iconic 90s series Twin peaksin which an FBI agent is sent to a fictional town in Washington state to investigate the murder of a student.

The series was created by director and music producer David Lynch, who wrote the lyrics for the song Cruise sang in his seductive voice.

sagging it achieved great success in the US and Europe, reached number seven in the UK and swept Australia away as well.

An exquisite songwriter

Born in rural Creston, Iowa in 1956, Cruise sang four albums: Floating in the nightpublished in 1989 and in which the main theme of Twin peaks; The voice of love (1993); The art of being a girl (2002) and finally My secret life (2011).

She studied trumpet at Drake University and performed as a singer and actress in Minneapolis with the famed Children’s Theater Company, most notably playing the role of Jinjur in the stage adaptations of Lyman Frank Baum’s books on Oz.

She then moved to New York and played Janis Joplin in a play called Hivealso collaborating with Angelo Badalamenti.

His creative connection with David Lynch began in 1986, when he collaborated on the soundtrack of blue velvet. The piece, also composed by Baladamenti, was an example of Cruise’s ethereal and evocative voice, a style that blended perfectly with the American director’s dream cinema.

He also collaborated on the film with director Win Wenders Until the end of the world (1991), in which he played the version of Elvis Presley Kisses in the summer, tears in the winter.

Over the course of his career he has released four solo albums and has collaborated with artists such as Bobby McFerrin, Pharrell Williams, Moby and the group The B-52s, with whom he toured in the 1990s, temporarily covering singer Cindy Wilson. .

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