Timi Hansen

{{Short description|Danish musician (1958–2019)}}

{{distinguish|Timmy Hansen}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Timi Hansen

| image = Timi Hansen.jpg

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| background = non_vocal_instrumentalist

| birth_name =

| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1958|10|28}}

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| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2019|11|4|1958|10|28}}

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| instrument = Bass

| genre = Heavy metal

| occupation = Musician, songwriter

| years_active = 1981–2019

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| past_member_of = Mercyful Fate, King Diamond

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Timi Hansen (28 October 1958 – 4 November 2019) was a Danish bass player. He played in the Danish heavy metal band Mercyful Fate{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p4901/biography|pure_url=yes}}|title=Biography: Mercyful Fate|last=Huey|first=Steve|publisher=Allmusic|accessdate=14 March 2010}} from 1981 to 1985 and from 1992 to 1993, and its successor project King Diamond from 1985 to 1987.{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p70848/biography|pure_url=yes}}|title=Biography: King Diamond|last=Prato|first=Greg|publisher=Allmusic|accessdate=14 March 2010}}

He played with his fingers rather than with a guitar pick.

Many{{Citation needed|date=May 2021}} have asked about how Hansen acquired "Grabber" as a nickname. Timi apparently used to play a Gibson G3 Grabber. A music store clerk began to call him "Grabber" and the name stuck. Aware that the meaning might be misunderstood, he slowly changed his stage name, Timi Grabber, back to his real name, Timi Hansen.