德国解剖学家冈瑟·冯·哈根斯于本周五去世，享年81岁[1]。他以创办享誉全球的"Body Worlds"展览而著称，该展览采用塑化技术保存人体遗体并展示其内部器官结构[1]。自1995年在日本首次展出后，这一展览在世界各地引发了关于科学、艺术与伦理边界的广泛讨论[1]。
冯·哈根斯出生于1945年1月10日，原名冈瑟·利布琛[1]。他在学术生涯中多次突破传统，其中最引人瞩目的是2002年在伦敦进行的公开解剖，这是英国170年来首次举行此类展示[1]。1997年他在德国展出展览，当地教会领导人曾试图阻止但未成功[1]；2004年展览在洛杉矶进行了美国首展[1]。2006年，他在德国古本镇开设了"塑化实验室"(Plastinarium)[1]。
冯·哈根斯曾于2010年宣布患有帕金森病[1]。他希望在去世后自己的遗体也能被进行塑化处理[1]。
Gunther von Hagens, the German anatomist renowned for developing the "Body Worlds" exhibition, died on Friday at age 81 [1]. The innovative display, which premiered in Japan in 1995, preserved human cadavers through a technique called plastination and revealed internal organs to global audiences, sparking widespread debate about the intersection of science, art, and ethics [1].
Von Hagens was born on January 10, 1945, under the name Gunther Liebchen [1]. He gained particular prominence in 2002 when he conducted a public dissection in London—the first of its kind in Britain in 170 years [1]. The "Body Worlds" exhibition expanded internationally, with its German debut in 1997 encountering opposition from local church leaders that ultimately failed to prevent the show [1], and reaching the United States with a Los Angeles presentation in 2004 [1]. In 2006, he established the Plastinarium in Guben, Germany, a facility dedicated to his anatomical work [1]. Von Hagens announced in 2010 that he had been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease [1]. He expressed a wish that his own body be plastinated after his death [1].