http://www.bleedingcool.com/2014/03/28/iconic-dd-artist-david-a-trampier-1954-2014/
Bleeding Cool is reporting AD&D and Wormy artist David Trampier has passed away.
A lot of the "cool" factor to me on the old AD&D 1st edition was the cool art, and Trampier's art was always distinctive - as was his work for Dungeon magazine.