Jean-Yves Raimbaud

Illness and death Raimbaud was diagnosed with lung cancer in the early 1990s, and died on 28 June 1998, in Montrouge, France, from a colorectal infection caused by the tumor. Raimbaud's passing was mourned by Marc du Pontavice's Gaumont Multimédia and Millésieme Productions. The series' theme song ("Monster Men", by Iggy Pop) was released as a single, ended up being greenlit for a second season in the 2000s, has received several home video releases, an unreleased film adaptation and a video game adaptation co-produced by Ubisoft Entertainment, in 2001.

Having died in 1998, Raimbaud did not live to take advantage of the success of his cult series, Oggy and the Cockroaches, which premiered on France 3 months after his death. However, the show became an extremely successful hit after being broadcast worldwide for many years. It aired on channels including Cartoon Network, Nickelodeon, and Teletoon. It had widespread popularity in several countries, where it is most popular in India. It ended up being more popular than Space Goofs, which was where the eponymous characters (Oggy and the cockroach trio) debuted.

Xilam had still held the copyrights of the television shows he created by then. While any sort of revival for Space Goofs has not been considered, Oggy and the Cockroaches has become Xilam's longest-running franchise – receiving seven seasons in total, an album by composer Hugues Le Bars, a film adaptation, a preschool spinoff (Oggy Oggy) and a sequel spinoff (Oggy and the Cockroaches: Next Generation).