By Side", featuring his "sidekick" Scotty (broadcaster Lloyd Scott), was used as the theme song for Team New Zealand in the America's Cup. Crump was awarded the New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal in 1990, and was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 1994 New Year Honours, for services to literature and the community. Crump was featured on a New Zealand $1.00 postage stamp in 1995 as part of the "Famous New Zealanders" issue. Personal life and death He married five times. His wives and periods married to them were; (1) Martina (Tina) Anso (1957-60,) (2) poet Fleur Adcock (1962,) (3) Vanda Hill (1969-79,) (4) Robin Hughes (later known as Robin Lee-Robinson (1979-91,) and (5) Margaret (Maggie) Nicholson (1993-96.) Additionally he had relationships with Jean Watson (writer) (1962-69,) and photographer Ans Westra (c1964-5). His natural children with these women were; Ivan b 1958 & Martin b 1959 (Anso), Stephen b 1960 & Harry b 1965 (Watson), Lyall b 1970 (Hill), and Erik b 1965 (Westra.) Crump died in 1996 of a suspected aortic aneurysm. At the time of his death he was living at Ohauiti with his wife Maggie. One of his sons, Martin Crump, is now a well-known radio broadcaster. Posthumously, Crump was accused by ex-wife Fleur Adcock of regularly engaging in violence against herself and his subsequent wives, describing him as a "sadist." In 2016, Crump's fourth wife, Robin Lee-Robinson, claimed that she was the one who had come up with the plot outline for Crump's novel Wild Pork and Watercress, because Crump "wasn't getting on with writing the book" after having thought of the basic premise for it. Lee-Robinson made the allegation several days after the New Zealand premiere of the book's film adaptation, Hunt for the Wilderpeople; she stated that she was disappointed "not to be mentioned at all" in the film's credits. She had not previously mentioned any claim of part-authorship while Crump was alive and has not claimed to have actually written any part of the novel itself. Crump's son, Martin, said that Crump often borrowed ideas from people, but denied this instance until Lee-Robinson could provide proof. Bibliography The following titles were written by Crump. First year of publication given but excludes later reprints and omnibus collections. A Good Keen Man (1960) Hang on a Minute Mate (1961) One of Us (1962) There and Back (1963) Gulf (1964)