Michael Bond: 1/13/26 - 6/27/17

To Whatever Afterlife It May Concern,

Please look after this author. Thank you.

Comments

[Georg]

The creator of a bear with unusual class. Paddington, we will miss you.

[Estee]

On the one hand, one of the greatest children's book authors ever is no longer with us.

On the other, Phil Jackson is out of a job.

...I'm really not sure how to feel about this day.

[Booster Spice]

Im very sorry Mr Gruber. Paddington cannot come out to play today.

[Manga Shoggoth]

Also farewell to the writer of Olga da Polga, The Herbs and Monsieur Pamplemousse. Although he is most famous for Paddington, I actually grew up with The Herbs.

I remember the rather oddly animated series the BBC did when I was a child. For some reason Paddington's marmalade sandwiches were always crunchy. Then one year we had a batch of marmalade where the sugar had caramalised or crystalised round the peel. This was immediately dubbed "Paddington Marmalade".

I finally got round to visiting Portabello Road last year, and came back with a Paddington Bear print.

[Galaxina-the-Unicorn]

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Mourn the author, but know he died not in vain...