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

Post by **dragsamou** » Wed Feb 10, 2016 10:46 am

LAST UPDATE: 21 JULY, 2022

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

thulnanth · Post by **thulnanth** » Thu Feb 11, 2016 11:57 pm

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

Alifromcairo · Post by **Alifromcairo** » Fri Feb 12, 2016 5:04 pm

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.

mystical_tutor · Post by **mystical_tutor** » Fri Feb 12, 2016 11:24 pm

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.

berkumps · Post by **berkumps** » Thu Feb 18, 2016 5:07 am

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

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):

The third auction is for a BGS 9 Serra Elemental misprint

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)

thulnanth · Post by **thulnanth** » Fri Jul 10, 2020 3:32 am

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

thulnanth · Post by **thulnanth** » 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

Post by **dragsamou** » Thu Dec 31, 2020 5:57 am

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.

thulnanth · Post by **thulnanth** » Thu Dec 31, 2020 11:49 pm

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

thulnanth · Post by **thulnanth** » Wed Apr 13, 2022 11:27 pm

Gary Leach... sad to hear. Never met him - any info on how he passed?

Post by **dragsamou** » Fri Apr 15, 2022 4:03 pm

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.

thulnanth · Post by **thulnanth** » 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

l0qii · Post by **l0qii** » Wed Jul 20, 2022 4:50 am

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.

Post by **dragsamou** » Wed Jul 20, 2022 6:41 pm

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.

thulnanth · Post by **thulnanth** » Thu Jul 21, 2022 11:25 pm

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

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