Following a short illness, Micheal Bond the creator of the beloved children’s character Paddington Bear has passed away. Bond died at his home at the age of 91.
“A Bear Called Paddington”, Bond’s first book was published in 1958. This widely successful book, based on a marmalade-loving bear from “deepest, darkest Peru”, eventually inspired more books, an animated TV series, and a movie in 2014. Paddington 2 is scheduled to be released in January 2018.
Walt Disney Home Video released multiple volumes of the Paddington stories for families to enjoy on VHS and The Disney Channel also aired segments from the BBC Paddington series on its program “Lunch Box” from the late 1980s into the 1990s.
On platform 1 at Paddington station @NetworkRailPAD 😥🐻💐 pic.twitter.com/9HKoL5tFNB
— Nina Stibbe (@ninastibbe) June 28, 2017
Wearing a tag round his neck that read “Please look after this bear”, Paddington was named after the London railway station of the same name. Fans decorated the Paddington bear sculpture located on platform 1 at Paddington station with flowers and marmalade.
Source Credit : BBC
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