{"id":40193,"date":"2015-11-08T18:44:52","date_gmt":"2015-11-08T08:14:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fernbyfilms.com\/?p=40193"},"modified":"2015-11-08T18:45:16","modified_gmt":"2015-11-08T08:15:16","slug":"vale-gunnar-hansen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fernbyfilms.com\/2015\/11\/08\/vale-gunnar-hansen\/","title":{"rendered":"Vale &#8211; Gunnar Hansen"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_40194\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-40194\" style=\"width: 347px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-40194\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fernbyfilms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/GunnarHansen-575x720.jpg\" alt=\"Gunnar Hansen - 1947-2015\" width=\"347\" height=\"435\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fernbyfilms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/GunnarHansen-575x720.jpg 575w, https:\/\/www.fernbyfilms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/GunnarHansen-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.fernbyfilms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/GunnarHansen.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 347px) 100vw, 347px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-40194\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gunnar Hansen &#8211; 1947-2015<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The man who originated the role of Leatherface in <em>The Texas Chainsaw Massacre<\/em>, Gunnar Hansen, has passed away.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Making his feature d\u00e9but in the original Tobe Hooper <em>Massacre<\/em> film, Mr Hansen carved a career appearing in a number of horror film and television shows, including <em>Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers<\/em> (1988), <em>Freakshow<\/em> (1995), <em>Next Victim<\/em> (2003), <em>Swarm of The Snakehead<\/em> (2006), and more recently in the <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fernbyfilms.com\/2013\/11\/01\/movie-review-texas-chainsaw-3d-2013\/\">Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3D<\/a><\/em> reboot, in 2013.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Icelandic-born Gunnar Hansen passed away on November 7th, aged 68.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_40195\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-40195\" style=\"width: 450px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-40195\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fernbyfilms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Gunnar-Hansen-4.jpg\" alt=\"Gunnar Hansen as he appeared in 1974's The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.\" width=\"450\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fernbyfilms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Gunnar-Hansen-4.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.fernbyfilms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Gunnar-Hansen-4-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.fernbyfilms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Gunnar-Hansen-4-272x182.jpg 272w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-40195\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gunnar Hansen as he appeared in 1974&#8217;s The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The man who originated the role of Leatherface in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Gunnar 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