me from under the shadow of my father and of Christopher Robin, and to my surprise and pleasure I found myself standing beside them in the sunshine able to look them both in the eye". Following her husband's death, Daphne Milne had little further contact with her son, did not see him during the last 15 years of her life and refused to see him on her deathbed. A few months after his father's death in 1956, Christopher Milne's daughter Clare was born and diagnosed with severe cerebral palsy. Milne gave the original stuffed animals that inspired the Pooh characters to the books' editor, who in turn donated them to the New York Public Library; Marjorie Taylor (in her book Imaginary Companions and the Children Who Create Them) recounts how many were disappointed at this, and Milne had to explain that he preferred to concentrate on the things that currently interested him. He disliked the idea of Winnie-the-Pooh being commercialised. Death Christopher Robin Milne, who lived with myasthenia gravis for some years, died in his sleep on 20 April 1996 in Totnes, Devon, at a local hospital, aged 75. Following his death, he was described by one newspaper as a "dedicated atheist." Family Christopher Robin Milne had one child, a daughter named Clare, who had cerebral palsy. In adult life, she led several charitable campaigns for the condition, including the Clare Milne Trust. She died in 2012 at the age of 56 of a heart abnormality. Portrayal Christopher Robin Milne is portrayed by Will Tilston and Alex Lawther in Goodbye Christopher Robin, a 2017 film which was "inspired by" his relationship with his father. Bibliography The Enchanted Places (Eyre Methuen, 1974) The Path Through the Trees (Eyre Methuen, 1979) The Hollow on the Hill (Methuen, 1982) The Windfall (Methuen, 1985) The Open Garden (Methuen, 1988) References Sources Thwaite, Ann (1990). A.A. Milne: His Life London: Faber & Faber, BBC News article 27 November 2001: Christopher Robin revealed (describes the discovery in 2001 of images of Christopher Robin Milne captured on a 1929 film of a school pageant held in Ashdown Forest, East Sussex). 1920 births 1996 deaths A. A. Milne People educated at Stowe School Deaths from myasthenia gravis English atheists English writers English people of French descent English people of Scottish descent Winnie-the-Pooh Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge People from Chelsea, London British Army personnel of World War II