# Gunnar Hansen Dies of Cancer

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gunnar-hansen-dies-of-cancer/737054>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [November 8, 2015, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gunnar-hansen-dies-of-cancer/737054 "2015-11-08T22:50:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![TCMF-2L](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tcmf-2l/32/16553_2.png) [@TCMF-2L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TCMF-2L)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2015, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gunnar-hansen-dies-of-cancer/737054/1 "2015-11-08T22:50:05Z")

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Got to be honest and say Texas Chainsaw Massacre never did anything for me. Didn’t like it. Didn’t scare me. Didn’t see what all the fuss was about.

However it is an iconic film and yesterday (7th November) Leatherface himself died.

TCMF-2L

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**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2015, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gunnar-hansen-dies-of-cancer/737054/2 "2015-11-09T01:32:40Z")

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Think he’ll be in the “in memoriam” segment at the next Oscars, or maybe we can we expect a retrospective of his work on Turner Classic Movies.