anthropomorphic technique of introducing television viewers to animals, Morris was active in environmentalism, and in his eighties demonstrated against the building of the Newbury bypass near his home. In June 2004, Morris and Bill Oddie were jointly profiled in the first of a three part BBC Two series, The Way We Went Wild, about television wildlife presenters. Morris was awarded the OBE in 1984. His autobiography, There's Lovely, was first published in 1989. Death A diabetic, Morris collapsed at his home in Hungerford, Berkshire, in March 1999 when he was about to star in a new animal series Wild Thing on ITV. Admitted to the Princess Margaret Hospital, Swindon, Wiltshire for tests, he was discharged to a nursing home in the Devizes and Marlborough district, where he died on 6 May 1999. His wife, Eileen, had pre-deceased him by 10 years; he had two stepsons. He bequeathed his house to his co-host on Animal Magic, Terry Nutkins; a large sum of cash to his housekeeper, Rita Offer; and smaller sums to his gardener and his builder but he left nothing to his stepsons, his step-grandchildren and step-great-grandchildren – possibly because a failed business partnership had cost him £500,000. Bibliography Morris was also a writer. His books include: Just Like you and Me – Around the World in Twenty Five Years – (also a BBC radio series) References External links BBC Obituary - Johnny Morris 1916 births 1999 deaths Audiobook narrators British television presenters Officers of the Order of the British Empire People from Newport, Wales Welsh television presenters