Gunther Von Hagens

[JR976evil 906]

10 years now since he revealed he was dying of Parkinson’s, reckoned he had around 7 years so outlived his own medically qualified estimate. 76 now, has been mentioned before but was surprised he’s never had his own thread despite his association with stiffs 

[Genfærd 452]

I have no idea who this man is, but after searching him up, he looks like a ghoul. But probably important...ish?

[arghton 6,702]

43 minutes ago, Genfærd said:

But probably important...ish?

This is the man behind those "body worlds" exhibitions. I've been to one and didn't enjoy looking at corpses

[Prophet 251]

His father is still alive at the age of 105.

You can also survive much longer than just 10 years with Parkinson as it doesn't directly causes death.

He can still walk unaided which means the disease isn't in it's finale stage yet.

 

[I.R.Baboon 221]

He would be a nice name on the list..

[Youth in Asia 1,086]

Literally no-one has ever heard of him, not even his own father.

[RIP Wee Jum 1,559]

I used to watch his program on Channel 4

[Toast 16,132]

38 minutes ago, RIP Wee Jum said:

I used to watch his program on Channel 4

 

Yep, I remember that too.

[RoverAndOut 4,746]

On 08/05/2021 at 04:53, Youth in Asia said:

Literally no-one has ever heard of him, not even his own father.

 

I knew who he was when I saw his name on the new thread list, even though I've never followed his work even remotely closely. Passes the fame test for me and is world-renowned in his field.

[ladyfiona 2,577]

I know of him but his work freaks me out slightly.

[JR976evil 906]

On 08/05/2021 at 04:53, Youth in Asia said:

Literally no-one has ever heard of him, not even his own father.

He was pretty much everywhere when his show debuted around 2002, his Bodyworlds show was featured in Casino Royale and he also had a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it cameo. Not been heard from much recently on account of him slowly dying over the past decade...

[John Key 747]

On 08/05/2021 at 15:53, Youth in Asia said:

Literally no-one has ever heard of him, not even his own father.

My own worldview is small, but learning about different people is always interesting. 

 

There's a lot of British and Americans that I've included on my list that I would never know about without this site. 

 

I'm not surprised, as a non-German speaker that doesn't live in Germany, that I might not have heard of this man. That doesn't make him unworthy of the Deathlist. I wouldn't include him in my own list because his condition seems to be well managed and he's reasonably healthy, from past interviews. 

[arghton 6,702]

Apparently a new (or atleast not very old) picture of Hagens and his father (Gerhard Liebchen, 105).

[gcreptile 10,966]

He made an appearance at the Von Hagens museum in the small Brandenburg border town of Guben:

https://www.rbb24.de/studiocottbus/beitraege/2021/11/guben-plastinarium-15-jahre-von-hagens.html

[arghton 6,702]

Here's a picture of Hagens (77) & Liebchen (105) from December, most recent picture of Hagens I could find. He looks a bit like his face was a plastic mask put on a skeleton and his dad's teeth could fall off at any moment but both are still able to walk. Hagens doesn't look like someone who'll live another 5+ years though, atleast to me.

They will also both be put on display when they've become (actual) cadavers.

[arghton 6,702]

Gerhard Liebchen died at 106 last month. He'll be plastinated as mentioned before.

According to the article von Hagens "is doing quite well" but has some trouble speaking and gets tired fastly.

[gcreptile 10,966]

Last August Gunther Von Hagens plastinated his father who reached 106 years of age:

https://www.bz-berlin.de/berlin/gunther-von-hagens-plastiniert-seinen-vater

 

Gunther himself has trouble speaking but is doing well enough.