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Buffy logo designer dies in plane accident

Photo credit: Chase Design Group
Photo credit: Chase Design Group

From Digital Spy

Margo Chase – the graphic designer behind the iconic logo for Buffy the Vampire Slayer – has sadly died in a plane crash.

The renowned artist passed away following the incident last Saturday (July 22) in Apple Valley, California, Deadline reports.

Photo credit: Chase Design Group
Photo credit: Chase Design Group

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Chase also created the logos for Angel and Charmed, and worked as a typography designer for major popstars including Madonna, Prince, Cher and Selena Gomez.

The 59-year-old had a huge passion for flying and was practicing sequence in an aircraft when she crashed, according to the International Aerobatic Club.

She founded the Chase Design Group in 1986, with the award-winning brand going on to work with clients including PepsiCo, Nestlé, Procter & Gamble, Campbell Soup Co, Microsoft and ESPN.

Photo credit: Mutant Enemy Productions/Margo Chase
Photo credit: Mutant Enemy Productions/Margo Chase

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Chase Design Group president Chris Lowery said in a statement: "Everyone in the Chase Design Group family has been touched and inspired by Margo's creativity, generous spirit and love for design.

"We will all miss her brilliance and incredible energy, but will carry her vision for the organisation forward as she would have wanted. All of us here at Chase send our heartfelt condolences to her husband Patrick Dugan and the rest of her family."


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