Kazuki Takahashi

Hugely popular Japanese manga artist and creator of Yu-Gi-Oh!, published in Weekly Shonen Jump from 1996 to 2004. The manga inspired the popular trading card game (the best-selling one to date) and global hit anime franchise. Died July 4, age 60 (drowned while trying to rescue three others who were caught in a rip current off the shore of Nago, Okinawa).