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Legendary artist HR "Alien" Giger has died

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Sad news coming in today, as the legendary creative force behind the Alien franchise has died.

HR Giger

H.R. Giger, who helped create the signature look for Alien, died in Hospital after sustaining several injuries from a bad fall. He was 73. Besides Alien, Giger also contributed designs to Poltergeist 2, Alien 3 and Species. Moving to another medium, Giger also provided scary visuals in the 1995 PC game Dark Seed.

Beyond all that however, Giger was a renowned painter, sculptor and furniture designer. Giger will most likely be buried in a mausoleum that has far too many concrete cocks hidden inside and outside of it.

Last Updated: May 13, 2014

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  1. Sad day for many fans, I’m sure 🙁 Giger’s art style was hellishly influential, and the man was a serious talent.

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  2. Sageville

    May 13, 2014 at 10:54

    Yeah, loved this guys work, without him Aliens would have been a fully Meh story

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  3. Rincethis

    May 13, 2014 at 10:57

    Damn man. sad day indeed. Still, at least he won’t see Prometheus 2 now, he’ll be too busy redesigning hell.

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    • Dutch Matrix

      May 13, 2014 at 11:21

      Nah man! He is busy redesigning heaven! I was told as a laaitie by my Sunday School teacher that in heaven I am going to play with lions. Cool and all, but when I get to heaven, I want a Xenomoprh queen as a pet…

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      • Jedi JJ

        May 13, 2014 at 11:23

        I don’t think they allow those there. Don’t they have Predators as gate-keepers?

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      • RinceBroken

        May 13, 2014 at 11:23

        Ohhh, I second that! But I want one in pink.

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  4. Jedi JJ

    May 13, 2014 at 11:09

    Not to forget that awesome mic stand he made for Johnathan Davis.

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    • Kromas

      May 13, 2014 at 11:17

      Was about to mention it myself.

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    • Skyblue

      May 13, 2014 at 22:02

      EPIC!

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  5. James Francis

    May 13, 2014 at 15:34

    I actually thought he was dead already…

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