2018年12月29號晏晝4點幾，林嶺東老婆發覺佢喺馬鞍山屋企倒臥牀上。救護員到場後證實林嶺東當場死亡，終年63歲。初步調查死因冇可疑。2019年1月9號喺大圍寶福紀念館福海堂設靈，喪禮以維新儀式進行。
At around 4 p.m. on December 29, 2018, Lin Lingdong's wife found him lying in bed at his home in Ma'anshan. Ambulance crews arrived at the scene and confirmed that Lin Lingdong died at the scene at the age of 63. A preliminary investigation into the cause of death was not suspicious. On January 9, 2019, a funeral was held in the Fuhai Hall of the Macro Baofu Memorial Hall, and the funeral was carried out with a reform ceremony.