Sad to hear that H.R. Giger just passed away as a result of a fall. An absolute iconic artist. He may have only had one nightmare as a child, but he certainly shared it with the rest of us for a good long time... he will be missed.
From Yahoo: "H.R. Giger, who designed the creature in Ridley Scott's sci-fi horror classic "Alien," has died at age 74 from injuries suffered in a fall. Sandra Mivelaz, administrator of the H.R. Giger museum in Chateau St. Germain told The Associated Press Tuesday May 13, 2014 that Giger had died in a hospital the day before. Giger received a 1979 Academy Award for special effects in 'Alen'. Giger's works, often showing macabre scenes of humans and machines fused into hellish hybrids, influenced a generation of movie directors and inspired an enduring fashion for "biomechanical" tattoos."
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/photos/file-june-29-2007-file-picture-swiss-artist-photo-095907567.html