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Legendary children's author died at 53 after young son's career-changing question

Roger Hargreaves created the Mr. Men empire after his son asked, 'What does a tickle look like?', but died from a stroke before seeing the franchise's global success ...
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How a question about a tickle sparked Mr Men series

One morning in 1971, eight-year-old Adam asked his dad: "What does a tickle look like?" This was the moment copywriter Roger Hargreaves started thinking of the answer and then drew Mr Tickle, the ...