again for the BBC. Honours Bond was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE), for services to children's literature, in the 1997 Birthday Honours and Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2015 Birthday Honours. On 6 July 2007 the University of Reading awarded him an Honorary Doctor of Letters. On 10 January 2018 GWR named one of their Class 800 trains "Michael Bond / Paddington Bear". Personal life and death Bond was married twice: to Brenda Mary Johnson in 1950, from whom he separated in the 1970s; and to Susan Marfrey Rogers in 1981. He had two children. He lived in London, not far from Paddington Station, the place that inspired many of his books. Bond died in London on 27 June 2017, at the age of 91. The cause of death has not been disclosed. The film Paddington 2 (2017) was dedicated to his memory. He is buried in Paddington Old Cemetery close to where he lived. The epitaph on his gravestone reads "Please look after this bear. Thank you." In 2022, on the ITV programme DNA Journeys, it was discovered that Bond is a relative of the television presenter Kate Garraway. Bibliography Paddington Bear series 1958 A Bear Called Paddington. London: Collins. 1959 More About Paddington. London: Collins. 1960 Paddington Helps Out. London: Collins. 1961 Paddington Abroad. London: Collins. 1962 Paddington at Large. London: Collins. 1964 Paddington Marches On. London: Collins. 1966 Paddington at Work. London: Collins. 1968 Paddington Goes to Town. London: Collins. 1970 Paddington Takes the Air. London: Collins. 1972 Paddington's Garden. London: Collins. 1973 Paddington's Blue Peter Story Book (sometimes titled as Paddington Takes to TV). London: Collins. 1974 Paddington on Top. London: Collins. 1975 Paddington at the Tower. London: Collins. 1979 Paddington Takes the Test. London: Collins. 1980 Paddington on Screen. London: Collins. 1984 Paddington at the Zoo. London: Collins. 1986 Paddington at the Palace. New York: Putnam. 1987 Paddington's Busy Day. London: Collins. 1992 A Day by the Sea 2001 Paddington in the Garden. London: Collins. 2003 Paddington and the Grand Tour. London: Collins. 2008 Paddington Rules the Waves. New York: HarperCollins. 2008 Paddington Here and Now. New York: HarperCollins. 2012 Paddington Races Ahead. New York: HarperCollins. 2012 Paddington Goes for Gold. New York: HarperCollins. 2014 Love From Paddington. New York: HarperCollins. 2017 Paddington's Finest Hour. New York: HarperCollins. 2018: Paddington at St Paul's.