Dieter Laser, best known as the villain from The Human Centipede, has died aged 78. His wife, Inge, confirmed the German actor passed away two months ago, after a post was shared with fans on his Facebook this week.
According to a post on the actor’s personal Facebook page, Laser died on Saturday, 29 Feburary, with the news confirmed by Syfy.
The note simply read: ‘We are very sorry to have to inform you that Dieter Laser passed away on February 29, 2020.’ Laser was a prolific actor in Germany, but was perhaps best known to Hollywood audiences for his role as twisted doctor Josef Heiter in 2009’s The Human Centipede (First Sequence).
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