Ioannis Vasilopoulos, the man, the artist, the one who made those rock album covers, he’s gone, he passed away, age 66, not young, not too old, but gone now. People know him, they know his name connected to Bon Jovi, connected to Deep Purple, those huge bands, those big names in rock, and behind the music, behind the sound, there were the pictures, the covers, the art, and that was Ioannis.

The family said it, the family came out with the news, brokenhearted family, they put it online, a notice, an obituary, words that were full of pain, saying he died, saying April 7 was the day. That’s the date, April 7, the day he left, the day he didn’t wake up again, the day the family will never forget, because that’s the day they lost him.

He was known, known for the work, the visuals, the covers, the kind of art you don’t always think about but you always see. Bon Jovi, Deep Purple, if you saw their albums, you saw him, you saw his hand, his imagination, even if you never knew his face or his name, he was there in the image, behind the scenes, part of the whole picture of rock history.

Now at 66, death came, too soon, too heavy, too much for the family, for the friends, for the fans, for the people who liked what he did. It’s not just a number, not just an age, it’s a life cut off, a career that ended, a person who left. The news spread, the obituary is online, people are reacting, people are writing, sharing thoughts, sharing sadness, saying goodbye, remembering.

So that’s it, the end of a life, the end of his time here, but not the end of what he made. The work stays, the album covers stay, the pictures, the art, the legacy. Ioannis Vasilopoulos, tied forever to Bon Jovi, tied forever to Deep Purple, dead at 66, but alive in what he left behind.