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Paddington Bear creator Michael Bond passes away age 91

By Greg Murphy
Wednesday, June 28, 2017 - 01:04 PM

Michael Bond, creater of the Paddington Bear book series has died.

He was 91.

Publisher HarperCollins confirmed that Bond passed away at home on Tuesday following a short illness.

Bond published over 200 childrens books, but is probably best known for A Bear Called Paddington, written in 1956.

Over 35m copies of Paddington books have been sold worldwide.

Paddington was made into a live action movie in recent years, with a sequel due out later in 2017.

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