work from her father's. In September 1929, neuritis of the optic nerve led Briggs to Baltimore for treatment at Johns Hopkins Hospital. He died at the Neurological Institute of pneumonia on January 3, 1930. As he had requested, his ashes were scattered over New York Harbor. Briggs' death in 1930 prompted Franklin P. Adams to write: See also H. T. Webster J. R. Williams References Sources Strickler, Dave. Syndicated Comic Strips and Artists, 1924–1995: The Complete Index. Cambria, California: Comics Access, 1995. External links Lambiek Comiclopedia Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum Art Database 1875 births 1930 deaths American comic strip cartoonists American comics artists St. Louis Globe-Democrat people People from Reedsburg, Wisconsin Artists from New Rochelle, New York University of Nebraska–Lincoln alumni