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- Birth nameGunther Gerhard Liebchen
- Gunther von Hagens was born on January 10, 1945 in Skalmierzyce, Województwo Wielkopolskie, Poland. He was married to Angelina Whalley and Cornelia von Hagens. He died on July 24, 2026 in Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
- SpousesAngelina Whalley(1992 - July 24, 2026) (his death)Cornelia von Hagens(1975 - 1989) (divorced, 3 children)
- Black Fedora
- He is the inventor of plastination, a technique to preserve corpses. His work is displayed in an exhibit called Body Worlds, which started touring the world in 1995.
- In 1968, he became the target of the regime in the GDR after protesting against the suppression of the Prague Spring and tried to flee. He was convicted and imprisoned. Two years later, the Federal Republic bought him free as a political prisoner for 40,000 D-Mark. The former GDR inmate later became one of the best-known German doctors in the world.
- During his lifetime, he had repeatedly declared that he wanted to be plasticized himself after his death.
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