Raymond Briggs, Illustrator/Author of When The Wind Blows and The Snowman, Dies aged 88 - 9/8/2022

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 Raymond Briggs, illustrator of the 1978 classic The Snowman, has died aged 88 

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• It is said he died of 'Pneumonia'

Pneumonia = 108

Raymond Redvers Briggs = 108

• He died on the 163rd day before his birthday 

Raymond Redvers Briggs = 243/117

163 is 243 in Base 8 counting 

163 is 117 in Base 12 counting

• 163 is also the 38th prime number

Murder = 38

Death = 38

Killing = 38

RIP = 38

Christmas = 38 (The Snowman shown every Christmas)

• He died 38 days before the 10th anniversary of the death of John Coates, the man who produced The Snowman animation movie

Date confirmation 

• He died on the 204th day of his age

• His 2nd most well known work was called 'When The Wind Blows' which is about a nuclear attack on Britain by the Soviet Union. How ironic he dies during the 'war' between Russia and Ukraine..

• When the Wind Blows is a 1982 graphic novel, by British artist Raymond Briggs, that shows a nuclear attack on Britain by the Soviet Union from the viewpoint of a retired couple, Jim and Hilda Bloggs. The book was later made into an animated film.

• His most well known work, however, was the 1978 Classic 'The Snowman'

• It was released as a book in 1978 which was 44 years ago

Kill = 44

• The Snowman featured a song called 'Walking In The Air' which was originally sung by a choirboy named Peter Robert Auty but was covered by a young Aled Jones. Briggs died 223 days after Aled's 51st birthday

Peter Robert Auty = 88 (Briggs died aged 88)

• 223 is the 48th prime number 

The Snowman = 48

Illustrator = 48

Eighty Eight = 48

• The composer of 'Walking In The Air' is Howard David Blake, Briggs died 80 days before Blake's 84th birthday

Walking In The Air = 80

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