Body Worlds creator dying; wants to exhibit own body

The German pathologist who caused a stir around the world with his plastinated corpses said he is dying and will have his own body exhibited.

Gunther Von Hagens revealed that he has been battling Parkinson’s Disease for the past two years, and once he passes away will have workers at his laboratory in Guben use his own plastination techniques to preserve his body, the Croatian Times reports.

The self-styled Dr. Death caused an outrage in his Body Worlds exhibitions in Berlin in 2009 by showing stripped back bodies having sex. He said he will decide soon how his own body will be shown.

Von Hagen, 65, has been given a seven-year prognosis before he dies from the condition that already has robbed him of coordination and muscle control. He has been attempting to keep symptoms at bay with electric shocks delivered directly into the brain.

And that’s that.



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