Do we have any Magic: the Gathering fans in attendance? If so, sad news.

While checking the obits on Wikipedia, I discovered that two Magic: the Gathering illustrators, Wayne England and Christopher Rush, died within a day of each other this week.

I don't collect or play M:tG, but odds are some of my followers do, so I thought I'd share this news.

Comments

[Dark Nightshade]

Wow, within a day? That's almost too much of a coincidence.

[Jmaster99]

My friends I talk to personally are fans, so I guess I will have to tell them.

Personally, I will be sad when Kazuki Takahashi dies.

[Serefin]

Okay, I'm honestly starting to wonder what god we pissed off to cause so many deaths. Seriously, we're not even 1/6 of the way into 2016 and so many great people have died!

[TurboBlaze]

Damn... This is the Year of Death... I didn't know about Rush, but Wayne England I'm familiar with because of MTG and D&D. That sucks.

[Thought Prism]

Holy cow. I knew about Christopher, but not Wayne. Umm... at least [url=http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?action=advanced&output=spoiler&method=visual&artist=+["Terese%20Nielsen"]Terese Nielsen isn't dead?

[FanOfMostEverything]

Both of them? This is... this is a massive loss. I had no idea. Thank you for the news, Moth.

What follows provide context for both men in terms of the game:
[url=http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?output=spoiler&method=visual&action=advanced&artist=+[%22Wayne+England%22]Wayne England
[url=http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?output=spoiler&method=visual&action=advanced&artist=+[%22Christopher+Rush%22]Christopher Rush
Unfortunately, due to how BBCode and Gatherer interact, you're going to need to add a closing square bracket (i.e. "]") to see for yourself. Sorry, everyone.

[Lord Shaxx]

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!