Body Worlds Creator Gunther von Hagens Dies at 81

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Gunther von Hagens, the German anatomist widely known as 'Dr Death,' has died at the age of 81. He was the inventor of plastination, a preservation technique that replaces bodily fluids with plastic to create long-lasting anatomical specimens. Von Hagens gained global fame through his Body Worlds exhibitions, which displayed real human bodies preserved using his method. His family has confirmed they will honour his personal wish to have his own body preserved through the very plastination process he pioneered.

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