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THE TRUTH ABOUT: Raymond briggs the snowman author dies aged 88 | History Defined

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Author and illustrator Raymond Briggs, best known for 1978 classic The Snowman, has died aged 88.

His family said in a statement through his publisher Penguin Random House that Briggs died on Tuesday morning.

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