his art work features the property. From November 2016 to January 2017, the Guelph Civic Museum exhibited examples of Danby's work including his Wayne Gretzky portrait, The Great Farewell. Death On 23 September 2007, Danby collapsed while on a canoe trip in Algonquin Park near North Tea Lake with his wife Gillian Danby and friends. The party summoned help, but paramedics were unable to revive him. Danby is the second famous Canadian artist to die in Algonquin Park. Tom Thomson died on Canoe Lake at the park in July 1917. Canadian writer Blair Frazer also drowned in the park on the Petawawa River's Rollaway Rapids in May 1968. Family The subject matter of many of Danby's early works was found on St. Joseph Island and it was there that he met his first wife Judy Harcourt, whom he married in 1965. Together they purchased a home at Armstrong Mill near Guelph, Ontario, which provided Danby with subject matter from which to gain inspiration. The couple had three sons, who have appeared in Danby's work. They separated in 1980 and divorced in 1984. One of his sons from this marriage is Noah Danby, an actor. Danby's second wife's was Gillian Rumble, to whom he was married until his death. References External links Official site Order of Canada Citation Kenneth Edison Danby at The Canadian Encyclopedia 1940 births 2007 deaths 20th-century Canadian painters Canadian male painters 21st-century Canadian painters Artists from Ontario Canadian people of English descent Members of the Order of Canada Members of the Order of Ontario People from Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario Members of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts 20th-century Canadian male artists 21st-century Canadian male artists