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In Memoriam of Artists That Are Gone. Last Update 21 July, 2022.

Posted: Wed Feb 10, 2016 10:46 am
by dragsamou
LAST UPDATE: 21 JULY, 2022

Ron Walotsky (August 21, 1943 - July 29, 2002)
http://magiccards.info/query?q=a%3A%22W ... rd&s=cname

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Frank Kelly Freas (August 27, 1922 – January 2, 2005)
http://magiccards.info/query?q=a%3A%22F ... rd&s=cname

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Keith Parkinson (October 22, 1958 – October 26, 2005)
http://magiccards.info/query?q=a%3A%22P ... rd&s=cname

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Tim Hildebrandt (January 23, 1939 - June 11, 2006)
http://magiccards.info/query?q=a%3A%22T ... rd&s=cname

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Glen Angus (August 18, 1970 - July 19, 2007)
http://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/ar ... 2007-07-26
http://magiccards.info/query?q=a%3A%22A ... rd&s=cname

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Thomas Manning (? 1966 - July 27, 2007)
http://magiccards.info/query?q=a%3A%22M ... rd&s=cname

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Doug Chaffee (January 24, 1936 – April 26, 2011)
http://magiccards.info/query?q=a%3A%22C ... rd&s=cname

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Quinton Hoover (March 16, 1964 – April 20, 2013)
http://magiccards.info/query?q=a%3A%22H ... rd&s=cname

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Francis Tsai (April 14, 1967 – April 23, 2015)

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Kerstin Kaman (May 11, 1936 - November 13, 2015)
http://magiccards.info/query?q=a%3A%22K ... rd&s=cname

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Wayne England ( October 26, 1958 - February 9, 2016)
http://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/ar ... 2016-02-11
http://magiccards.info/query?q=a%3A%22E ... rd&s=cname

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Christopher Rush (April 6, 1965- February 10, 2016)
http://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/ar ... 2016-02-11
http://magiccards.info/query?q=a%3A%22R ... rd&s=cname

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William O'Connor (September 22, 1970 - February 2, 2018)

https://magiccards.info/query?q=a%3A%22 ... rd&s=cname

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Roger Raupp/Rudy Didier Rauben (October 1, 1963 – December 17, 2019)

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Thomas Gianni (January 5, 1960 – March 30, 2020)

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Martin Mckenna (February 21, 1969 - September ?, 2020)

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Garry Leach (September 19, 1954 – March 26, 2022)

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Re: In Memoriam of Artists That Are Gone

Posted: Thu Feb 11, 2016 11:57 pm
by thulnanth
Wayne England and Christopher Rush back-to-back... a sad time for Magic fans indeed. :'-(

I never met Wayne, but Chris was such a great guy when we met years ago at GenCon. I know he had some trouble for a while there - Gary was in touch with him when he lived in Colorado. Lately I thought he was doing better... you just never know how much time you have.

Take it easy,
Jared

Re: In Memoriam of Artists That Are Gone

Posted: Fri Feb 12, 2016 5:04 pm
by Alifromcairo
Damn, I didn't know for Wayne England and Chris Rush... What a shock :'-(
Thanks to all those great artists for what they have accomplished : to make us dream about the fantastic universe they helped to create.

Re: In Memoriam of Artists That Are Gone

Posted: Fri Feb 12, 2016 11:24 pm
by mystical_tutor
thulnanth wrote:Wayne England and Christopher Rush back-to-back... a sad time for Magic fans indeed. :'-(

I never met Wayne, but Chris was such a great guy when we met years ago at GenCon. I know he had some trouble for a while there - Gary was in touch with him when he lived in Colorado. Lately I thought he was doing better... you just never know how much time you have.

Take it easy,
Jared
It was certainly a double wammy. I'm still in shock about it all.
I only met Wayne a couple times and remember him as a very aproachable and likeable guy.
Christopher hit me hard. I have known him for so long--not real close but as Todd Lockwood put it, you might not see him for some time but when you did it was like you just picked up where you left off. He seemed so upbeat at GenCon about getting back into the conventions and events and doing more work. I had planned on seeing him there this year.......sigh.

Re: In Memoriam of Artists That Are Gone

Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2016 5:07 am
by berkumps
I'm posting here to promote three auctions that are running at the moment on facebook in the

MTG Art Exchange group
https://www.facebook.com/groups/191646680997118/

and the

"The Gathering" art book collectors edition sketch art showcase group
https://www.facebook.com/groups/465785763524867/

and the

the Magic: The Gathering misprints and oddities group
https://www.facebook.com/groups/MTGmisprints/?fref=nf

The first auction is for a set of two sealed chroma cels by Ani Magine released in 1998: Black Lotus and Avenging Angel

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The second auction is for a complete sealed set of the 404-card standard edition sketch cards from "The Gathering" kickstarter campaign (limited to 100 sets):

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The third auction is for a BGS 9 Serra Elemental misprint

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All proceeds from these three auctions will be donated equally to the gofundme's started for the families of Christopher Rush (by Jeff Ferreira), and Wayne England (by Mark Aronowitz)

Re: In Memoriam of Artists That Are Gone. Last Update April 2020.

Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2020 3:32 am
by thulnanth
Ugh... super sad to hear about Thomas Gianni. I used to write him letters and have him sign my cards TTM - great guy. :-( :-( :-(

RIP

Jared

Re: In Memoriam of Artists That Are Gone. Last Update November 2020.

Posted: Mon Dec 28, 2020 11:16 pm
by thulnanth
Ugh... I'm going to have to quit logging in here... makes me sad. :'-(

Martin McKenna was such a great guy - always signed for me back in the day. He will be missed.

Jared

Re: In Memoriam of Artists That Are Gone. Last Update November 2020.

Posted: Thu Dec 31, 2020 5:57 am
by dragsamou
thulnanth wrote:
Mon Dec 28, 2020 11:16 pm
Ugh... I'm going to have to quit logging in here... makes me sad. :'-(

Martin McKenna was such a great guy - always signed for me back in the day. He will be missed.

Jared
Hi Jared

It's never a fun task for me to update that topic, but I do it as it is the purpose.

Re: In Memoriam of Artists That Are Gone. Last Update November 2020.

Posted: Thu Dec 31, 2020 11:49 pm
by thulnanth
Yeah, it happens whether I know or don't, so it's good to learn the truth. Still doesn't make it any less sad, though....

Thanks for keeping us up to date, even if it's tough (especially this year).

Best wishes,
Jared

Re: In Memoriam of Artists That Are Gone. Last Update 28 March, 2022.

Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2022 11:27 pm
by thulnanth
Gary Leach... sad to hear. Never met him - any info on how he passed?

Re: In Memoriam of Artists That Are Gone. Last Update 28 March, 2022.

Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2022 4:03 pm
by dragsamou
thulnanth wrote:
Wed Apr 13, 2022 11:27 pm
Gary Leach... sad to hear. Never met him - any info on how he passed?
I have no idea as this wasn't mentioned.

Re: In Memoriam of Artists That Are Gone. Last Update 28 March, 2022.

Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2022 1:42 am
by thulnanth
Hey Dragsamou,

I heard that Roger Raupp passed away - any info on that? Looks like it was in December of 2019...

https://www.enworld.org/threads/roger-raupp.671848/

Have you heard anything about this?

Jared

Re: In Memoriam of Artists That Are Gone. Last Update 28 March, 2022.

Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2022 4:50 am
by l0qii
thulnanth wrote:
Wed Jul 20, 2022 1:42 am
Hey Dragsamou,

I heard that Roger Raupp passed away - any info on that? Looks like it was in December of 2019...

https://www.enworld.org/threads/roger-raupp.671848/

Have you heard anything about this?

Jared
Reading the comments in the link, in particular the one by Rowan, it does seem to be true, but with the name change and no obit or gravestone it'll be hard to independently confirm.

Re: In Memoriam of Artists That Are Gone. Last Update 28 March, 2022.

Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2022 6:41 pm
by dragsamou
thulnanth wrote:
Wed Jul 20, 2022 1:42 am
Hey Dragsamou,

I heard that Roger Raupp passed away - any info on that? Looks like it was in December of 2019...

https://www.enworld.org/threads/roger-raupp.671848/

Have you heard anything about this?

Jared
Hi

I will try to investigate, whenever I have time. Thanks for the info.

Forgotten Realms Wiki mentions his death:
https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Roger_Raupp
I'm sure you can order a death certificate from Bellingham, Washington from the Whatcom County health department, but I gave up on trying to let people know, because no one seemed to care. :-{
This seems to be the best idea, but I can't do it from Europe.
l0qii wrote:
Wed Jul 20, 2022 4:50 am
Reading the comments in the link, in particular the one by Rowan, it does seem to be true, but with the name change and no obit or gravestone it'll be hard to independently confirm.
Same here, looks legit to me, I will try to get further verified info. If it's possible. In between, I have added his name with: UNDER INVESTIGATION.

EDIT: His death has been confirmed. I have posted in the MtG Art Market group on Facebook and did get an answer. First post updated with a card.

Re: In Memoriam of Artists That Are Gone. Last Update 21 July, 2022.

Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2022 11:25 pm
by thulnanth
Sad to hear... was hoping I was wrong. He signed a few cards for me years ago through the mail. Seemed like a nice guy. The post I linked showed a Dragon magazine cover he illustrated... I instantly recognized it as one I loved back in the day (still have it).

Jared