Charles Monroe Schulz, the world's richest cartoonist and the creator of Peanuts, died on 12 February this year - the eve of the publication of his final comic strip in which he bade farewell to his characters and 350 million readers. Every day for nearly 50 years he drew characters, including Charlie Brown and Snoopy, who became familiar throughout the world. Steve Punt talks to those who knew him and presents a profite of the life and work of this remarkable man.