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The Snowman illustrator Raymond Briggs dies at 88
The author and illustrator, best known for The Snowman, has died at the age of 88
The author and illustrator of the classic children鈥檚 book The Snowman, Raymond Briggs, has died at the age of 88.
The wordless children's picture book published in 1978 has gone on to sell more than 5.5m copies in various formats around the world.
The Snowman was turned into a Bafta TV Award-winning animated TV film in 1982.
Today鈥檚 Martha Kearney spoke to author and former Children's Laureate Michael Rosen and Raymond Briggs鈥� publisher at Penguin Random House Francesca Dow.
(Image, Raymond Briggs, Credit, Alamy)
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