Painter HR Giger died Monday after falling down the stairs in his home. He was 74.
Here's his obituary in Rolling Stone.

He combined beautiful and ugly in a very disconcerting way. How could you like something so repulsive? He drew organic machinery (what looks to me to be the origin of Star Trek, TNG's Borg). He created some of the creepiest art I can think of, and I loved it/