Sad news.

He was a successful artist whose death might have made news even if he'd never been associated with the ALIEN franchise. But his design work on ALIEN stands extremely tall in movie history. What's remarkable is how well the designs hold up, too. After all these years the basic Xenomorph design doesn't look dated or cheesy or tame compared to anything that's been done since.

May his remains rest under a tasteful chrome dildo gasmask tombstone.