It was a last-minute Christmas gift for his wife that inspired Michael Bond to create Paddington bear, the marmalade-loving teddy in a duffel coat and floppy hat.

Ann-Janine Murtagh, executive publisher of HarperCollins Children’s Books, said Bond “will be forever remembered for his creation of the iconic Paddington, with his duffel coat and Wellington ...

Created by Bond in 1958, Paddington is a spectacled bear from Peru who wears an old red bush hat and blue duffel coat, carries a battered brown leather suitcase and loves marmalade sandwiches.

Paddington Bear creator dies at 91"They all had a label round their neck with their name and address on and a little case or package containing all their treasured possessions. So Paddington, in a ...