AP Wire | 02/22/2005 | Polish painter Zdzislaw Beksinski found dead

"'Personally, I am more afraid of dying than death itself. This is not a fear of emptiness but of suffering - and this is what I am most afraid of.'" - Zdzislaw Beksinski

Relatives found Beksinski's body overnight, and "everything indicates it was murder," police spokeswoman Zuzanna Talar said. He suffered multiple stab wounds, and police said there were no signs of forced entry or robbery.

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His work was of surreal death and decay, fascinating in a twisted way.