Alien creator H R Giger dies aged 74

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If you had the bejasus scared out of you when watching Ridley Scott's 1980 film Alien you can partly thank Hans Rudolf (H R) Giger who created the original creature, the Necronom IV, which inspired the eponymous alien.

Giger died after a fall at his home in Zurich.

RIP Hans

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Yes, I'd forgotten that he designed the artwork for Brain Salad Surgery by Emerson, Lake and Palmer....
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Yes, I'd forgotten that he designed the artwork for Brain Salad Surgery by Emerson, Lake and Palmer....
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That takes me back a few years....
Yep ...still got my vinyl copy ...
Another milestone in my yoof..

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Just annoying how easily they burst and died in the later movies..
Loved the original tho'
 
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