Q:Facts: - death date: 4 december 2009 - birth date: 12 march 1927 - name: francis wilford-smith - nationality: uk - death place: ledbury , herefordshire - birth place: rugby , warwickshire , england - occupation: cartoonist on blues music , graphic designer , record producer , expert Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of francis wilford-smith .
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francis wilford-smith -lrb- 12 march 1927 - 4 december 2009 -rrb- was a british cartoonist , graphic artist , and producer and archivist of blues music .as a cartoonist , he used the pseudonym smilby , a contraction of his surname with his wife 's maiden name .