KATHMANDU: Three-time Oscar winner animator Richard Williams has passed away at the age of 86.
Best known for his work as the animation director on the 1988 live-action and animated film Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Williams died on Friday at his Bristol home.
Williams created many legendary characters like Roger and Jessica Rabbit, and animated the title sequences for the 1970s classics The Return Of The Pink Panther and The Pink Panther Strikes Again.
He made his debut in 1958 with The Little Island and won a BAFTA. He received his first Oscar for his animated adaptation of Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol in 1971.
Williams won his second and third Oscars for Who Framed Roger Rabbit and animated short Prologue, respectively.
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