Editing Bernard Cribbins (section)

==Personal life and death==
In 1955, Cribbins married Gillian McBarnet, an assistant stage manager; the couple remained together until her death on 11 October 2021.<ref name="Coveney" /><ref>{{cite tweet |user=JamesAHogg2|number=1447640291704516612|first=James|last=Hogg|title=Bernard Cribbins has asked me to announce that his wife Gillian passed away earlier today. They were married in 1955 and were devoted to each other. When chatting about their wedding day for his autobiography he talked for hours and didn't want the conversation to end. So sad.|date=11 October 2021|accessdate=11 October 2021}}</ref> They lived in [[Weybridge]], [[Surrey]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.com/culture/tv-radio/article/bernard-cribbins-nearly-90-and-still-the-nations-favourite-uncle-99zmr63f2|title=Bernard Cribbins — nearly 90 and still the nation's favourite uncle|last=Maxwell|first=Dominic|date=28 November 2018|work=The Times|access-date=23 December 2020|archive-date=1 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220101230636/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/bernard-cribbins-nearly-90-and-still-the-nations-favourite-uncle-99zmr63f2|url-status=live}}</ref> and had no children, with Cribbins revealing in 2018 that they "lost one quite early on and that was the only time [they] got near it". He was diagnosed with [[prostate cancer]] in 2009, but said in 2018 that he was "in good health" at the age of 90 with the exception of a "nagging back condition".<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/bernard-cribbins-says-entertaining-kids-13397114|title = Bernard Cribbins reveals "warmth" of being kids star unable to have his own|website = [[Daily Mirror]]|date = 10 October 2018|access-date = 23 December 2020|archive-date = 24 January 2021|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210124221341/https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/bernard-cribbins-says-entertaining-kids-13397114|url-status = live}}</ref>

Cribbins avidly enjoyed [[Angling|fishing]]. He narrated the 1993 [[BBC Two]] documentary series ''A Passion for Angling'' and the 2008 documentary series ''Catching the Impossible''; in the latter, he also fished onscreen alongside expert angler Martin Bowler.<ref>{{cite web |author=<!-- not stated --> |date=28 July 2022 |title=Bernard Cribbins, much-loved actor and a great ambassador for angling |url=https://anglingtrust.net/2022/07/28/bernard-cribbins-much-loved-actor-and-a-great-ambassador-for-angling/ |website=anglingtrust.net |location= |publisher=[[Angling Trust]] |access-date=22 January 2025}}</ref>

In 2018 his autobiography, ''Bernard Who? 75 Years of Doing Just About Anything'', was published by [[Constable & Robinson|Constable]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6NBbDwAAQBAJ|isbn=9781472130143|title=Bernard Who?: 75 Years of Doing Just About Everything|date=11 October 2018|publisher=Little, Brown Book|access-date=15 June 2022|archive-date=28 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220728220359/https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Bernard_Who/6NBbDwAAQBAJ?printsec=frontcover|url-status=live}}</ref> A successful social media campaign in 2022 led to his autobiography being recorded as an [[audiobook]], with Cribbins as the narrator,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://thedoctorwhocompanion.com/2022/02/27/bernard-who-the-curious-tale-of-bernard-cribbins-autobiography-audiobook/ | title=Bernard Who?: The Curious Tale of Bernard Cribbins' Autobiography Audiobook | date=27 February 2022 | access-date=17 May 2022 | archive-date=1 March 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220301104723/https://thedoctorwhocompanion.com/2022/02/27/bernard-who-the-curious-tale-of-bernard-cribbins-autobiography-audiobook/ | url-status=live }}</ref> but recording was incomplete at the time of his death, and the book was released with a narration by Gordon Griffin.

Cribbins died at the age of 93 on 27 July 2022.{{Efn|name = deathdate|''[[The Guardian]]'' and ''[[People (magazine)|People]]'' reported that Cribbins died on 27 July;<ref name = Rice>{{cite magazine|url = https://people.com/tv/bernard-cribbins-doctor-who-star-and-wombles-narrator-dead-at-93/|title = Bernard Cribbins, Doctor Who Star and Wombles Narrator, Dead at 93: 'A Legend Has Left the World'|magazine = [[People (magazine)|People]]|date = 28 July 2022|accessdate = 28 July 2022|last = Rice|first = Nicolas|archive-date = 28 July 2022|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220728220357/https://people.com/tv/bernard-cribbins-doctor-who-star-and-wombles-narrator-dead-at-93/|url-status = live}}</ref><ref name = Coveney>{{cite news|url = https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2022/jul/28/bernard-cribbins-obituary|title = Bernard Cribbins obituary|newspaper = [[The Guardian]]|last = Coveney|first = Michael|date = 28 July 2022|accessdate = 28 July 2022|archive-date = 28 July 2022|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220728220425/https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2022/jul/28/bernard-cribbins-obituary|url-status = live}}</ref> the latter cited a statement from his agent.<ref name=Rice/> Other journalistic sources reported that he died on 28 July, the date his death was announced.<ref name = Telegraph>{{cite news|url = https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2022/07/28/bernard-cribbins-comic-actor-whose-panoply-characters-included/|title = Bernard Cribbins, comic actor whose panoply of characters included Perks in The Railway Children and the voices of the Wombles – obituary|newspaper = [[The Daily Telegraph]]|date = 28 July 2022|accessdate = 28 July 2022|url-access = subscription|archive-date = 28 July 2022|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220728111840/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2022/07/28/bernard-cribbins-comic-actor-whose-panoply-characters-included/|url-status = live}}</ref><ref name = TimesObit>{{cite news|url = https://www.thetimes.com/uk/obituaries/article/bernard-cribbins-doctor-who-star-dies-at-93-xvk7vnmjn|title = Bernard Cribbins, Doctor Who star, dies at 93|newspaper = [[The Times]]|date = 28 July 2022|access-date = 28 July 2022|url-access = subscription|archive-date = 28 July 2022|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220728220358/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/bernard-cribbins-doctor-who-star-dies-at-93-xvk7vnmjn|url-status = live}}</ref>}} His funeral took place at [[Woking Crematorium]] in Surrey on 14 September.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://metro.co.uk/2022/09/15/bernard-cribbins-laid-to-rest-as-david-tennant-and-catherine-tate-pay-tribute-17379737/ |title=Bernard Cribbins remembered at funeral as David Tennant and Catherine Tate pay "beautiful tributes" |website=[[Metro (British newspaper)|Metro]] |date=14 September 2022 |access-date=15 September 2022}}</ref>