Giger, H. R. (Hans Rudolf), 1940-2014

found: HR Giger WWW site, viewed October 15, 2013bio page (b. in February 1940, in Chur, Switzerland; studied architecture and industrial design at Zurich's School of Applied Arts; in 1966 he began work as an interior designer and completed some early paintings; in 1968 he began working exclusively as an artist, as well as filmmaker; in 1978 he began work on the film Alien, sculpting most of the creatures and sets and winning an Oscar; he began work on the H.R. Giger Museum, in Gruyere, Switzerland, in the mid-1990s)

found: Wikipedia, viewed October 15, 2013(H.R. Giger; Hans Rudolf "Ruedi" Giger; b. February 5, 1940; Swiss surrealist painter, sculptor and set designer; part of the special effects team that won an Academy Award for Best Achievement for Visual Effects for Alien; entered the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame in 2013)

found: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek authority file online, viewed October 16, 2013record 118539248 (hdg.: Giger, Hansruedi ; variant names: Giger, H. R. ; Giger, Hans Ruedi ; Giger, Hans R. Giger, Hans Rudolf ; date of birth: 1940; country: Switzerland; place of birth: Chur; professions: artist, painter, set designer) - http://d-nb.info/gnd/118539248

found: Wikipedia, viewed May 13, 2014:article, H.R. Giger (died May 12, 2014, in a Zurich hospital after having suffered injuries in a fall)

found: Hollywood Reporter, 5/13/2014, viewed May 13, 2014:article, "'Alien' artist H.R. Giger Dies at 74" (Associated Press story; copy block following headline indicates that fall occurred at his Zurich home; death occurred Monday [May 12] at a hospital)