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===Death and legacy=== Raymond Postgate died aged 74, on 29 March 1971; his wife Daisy committed suicide a month later.<ref>Postgate & Postgate, pp. 340β346.</ref> Postgate's younger son, [[Oliver Postgate]], also a conscientious objector though in World War II, became a leading creator of [[children's television show|children's television programmes]] in the UK including ''[[Bagpuss]]'', ''[[Ivor the Engine]]'' and ''[[The Clangers]]''. Oliver's brother was the microbiologist and writer [[John Postgate (microbiologist)|John Postgate]] [[Fellow of the Royal Society|FRS]].
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