The Man Who Created The Alien has Died

The brilliant Swiss artist H.R. Giger, most famous for the creature design in Alien, has died at the age of 74.

He died from injuries sustained after he fell down stairs at his home in Zurich.

H.R. Giger, putting the finishing touches to the life cycle.

Giger was born in 1940 in the Swiss city of Chur. The young Giger declined his father's advice to enter into the business of pharmaceutics, and chose to study architecture and industrial design instead. Giger eschewed more traditional career paths, again, in favour of artistic pursuits.

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