What is Gahan Wilson?
{{Infobox artist | name = Gahan Wilson | image = Gahan Wilson 01.jpg | caption = Wilson in 2010 | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date|1930|2|18}} | birth_place = [[Evanston, Illinois]], [[United States|U.S.]] | death_date = {{death date and age|2019|11|21|1930|2|18}} | death_place = [[Scottsdale, Arizona]], U.S. | nationality = American | movement = | awards = | patrons = | image_size = | field = Cartoonist | training = | works = | spouse = {{marriage|Nancy Winters (née Nancy Dee Midyette)|1966}} }} '''Gahan Wilson''' (February 18, 1930 – November 21, 2019) was an American author, [[cartoonist]] and illustrator. His cartoons appeared on ''[[Playboy]]'', ''[[Collier's Weekly|Collier's]]'' and ''[[The New Yorker]]'' for almost 50 years. Wilson wrote and illustrated a short story for [[Harlan Ellison]]'s [[anthology]] ''Again, Dangerous Visions'' (1972). In March 2019, Wilson was diagnosed with [[dementia]]. He died from problems caused by the disease on November 21, 2019 in [[Scottsdale, Arizona]] at the age of 89.<ref>{{cite web|title=Gahan Wilson, Vividly Macabre Cartoonist, Dies at 89|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/22/arts/gahan-wilson-dead.html|work=The New York Times|date=November 22, 2019|last=Genzlinger|first=Neil|access-date=November 22, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Farrell |first1=Paul |title=Gahan Wilson Dies: Famed Cartoonist Passes Away at 89 |url=https://heavy.com/news/2019/11/gahan-wilson-dead/ |website=Heavy.com |access-date=22 November 2019 |language=en |date=22 November 2019 }}{{Dead link|date=March 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * [http://www.lambiek.net/artists/w/wilson_gahan.htm Lambiek: Gahan Wilson] * [https://archive.org/details/FirstWorldFantasyConvention1975 Audio recording] of Mr. Wilson as moderator and participant in panel discussion at the First World Fantasy Convention in 1975. {{US-bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Wilson, Gahan}} [[Category:1930 births]] [[Category:2019 deaths]] [[Category:Am