Gunther von Hagens, Creator of Polarizing ‘Body Worlds’ Exhibits, Dies at 81
First publishedJul 28, 21:57 UTC
Last updatedJul 29, 23:03 UTC · 14h ago
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Gunther von Hagens in 2002 with a flayed, bisected human specimen used in one of his “Body Worlds” exhibitions. In the late 1970s, he developed plastination, the method of making corpses into malleable figures.
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- Gunther von Hagens in 2002 with a flayed, bisected human specimen used in one of his “Body Worlds” exhibitions. In the late 1970s, he developed plastination, the method of making corpses into malleable figures.
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Gunther von Hagens, Creator of Polarizing ‘Body Worlds’ Exhibits, Dies at 81
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