--- description: Fans of children's author Michael Bond have left marmalade tributes next to London's statue of Paddington Bear after he died on Tuesday title: Marmalade Tribute for Michael Bond at Paddington Bear Statue image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta5f56c072db7749f/6988d3fa196cf41b23040d5d/gettyimages-137413981.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [United Kingdom](/tag/united-kingdom/) ## United Kingdom Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Londoners Are Leaving Jars of Marmalade at a Paddington Bear Statue by [Rachel Lewis](/author/rachel-lewis/) ## Rachel Lewis Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 29, 2017 4:39 PM CUT  Author of the Paddington Bear books, Michael Bond, in the Action Medical Research garden during the Hampton Court Palace Flower Show 2005 press day. Author of the Paddington Bear books, Michael Bond, in the Action Medical Research garden during the Hampton Court Palace Flower Show 2005 press day.Photo by Avery Cunliffe/Photoshot—Getty Images by [Rachel Lewis](/author/rachel-lewis/) ## Rachel Lewis Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 29, 2017 4:39 PM CUT A statue of Paddington Bear in central London has become a shrine to the late children’s author Michael Bond, with fans leaving flowers and jars of marmalade. The bronze sculpture of the children’s book character, found on platform 1 of the train station that lent its name to the beloved bear, has been adorned with flowers and jars of Paddington’s favourite food. “A wise bear always keeps a marmalade sandwich in his hat in case of emergency,” is one of Paddington’s most famous lines. Another Instagram user [posted a similar picture](https://www.instagram.com/p/BV6lkbGBtaA/?taken-at=19921713 "undefined"), saying: “Paddington looks after tributes to the author and his creator Michael Bond who died yesterday.” Bond died at his home on Tuesday after a short illness, his publisher, HarperCollins confirmed. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4839404/michael-bond-padding-bear-marmalade/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4839404/michael-bond-padding-bear-marmalade/"},"headline":"Londoners Are Leaving Jars of Marmalade at a Paddington Bear Statue","datePublished":"2017-06-29T16:39:37.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:45:01.832Z","description":"Fans of children's author Michael Bond have left marmalade tributes next to London's statue of Paddington Bear after he died on Tuesday","url":"https://time.com/4839404/michael-bond-padding-bear-marmalade/","keywords":["United Kingdom","Newsfeed","london"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta5f56c072db7749f/6988d3fa196cf41b23040d5d/gettyimages-137413981.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Rachel Lewis","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/rachel-lewis/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta5f56c072db7749f/6988d3fa196cf41b23040d5d/gettyimages-137413981.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Michael Pond and Paddington Bear","caption":"The Hampton Court Palace Flower Show 200","creditText":"Photo by Avery Cunliffe/Photoshot—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/united-kingdom/","name":"United Kingdom"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4839404/michael-bond-padding-bear-marmalade/","name":"Londoners Are Leaving Jars of Marmalade at a Paddington Bear Statue"}}]}] ```