Raymond Briggs, who created the unique image ebook that turned beloved Academy Award-nominated brief The Snowman, has died aged 88.
Briggs’ household put out a press release through writer Penguin Random Home this morning stating that he had “lived a wealthy and full life” and handed away yesterday.
“He shared his love of nature with [late partner] Liz on South Downs walks and on household holidays to Scotland and Wales,” it added. “He additionally shared his sense of enjoyable and craziness together with his household, and together with his household of artist pals — at get-togethers, fancy gown events and summer time picnics within the backyard.”
Briggs was acknowledged for a wealth of widespread image books that included Fungus the Bogeyman and the Father Christmas sequence, every of which was crammed together with his trademark illustrative type.
He was greatest identified for 1978’s The Snowman, a wonderful image ebook that instructed the story of a boy who builds a snowman who involves life on the stroke of midnight.
That ebook was tailored into an animated brief by Channel 4 in 1982, the yr the community launched, and went on to be nominated for an Academy Award. Synonymous with Aled Jones’ lead vocals, it’s performed yearly within the UK at Christmas time.
Following The Snowman’s success, Briggs went on to jot down grownup content material reminiscent of Gentleman Jim and When the Wind Blows. He gained a wealth of awards together with a CBE and was inducted into the British Comedian Awards Corridor of Fame n 2012.
His spouse Jean died in 1973 and companion Liz died in 2015.
