James Bowen met Bob in 2007 during his battle with drug addiction when he found the cat abandoned and injured and decided to look after him.
Bowen eventually wrote a book about their relationship which became a smash hit and was made into a film, featuring Bob, in 2016.
A Street Cat Named Bob: And How He Saved My Life was published in 2012, and there have since been five further books released in more than forty different languages.
His ex-heroine addict owner, James Bowen, who wrote a best selling series about his cat who changed his life has opened up about learning the devastating news
James was up all night trying to get Bob to come home after he popped out after dinner and even went out into the streets to look for him with his fiance, Monika.
The couple searched for the cat all day on Monday too.
"On Monday at about 5pm all of a sudden I felt this terrible nausea" he told the daily mail.
Breaking down in tears, James sobbed: "They said: 'We’ve got Bob here, but it’s bad news.' and I said: 'Please don’t say it. Don’t say it.' And they said: "He’s been in an accident and he’s passed away.'"
Bob was killed by a blow to the head from a car on Monday night in a hit and run. The trauma caused a haematoma that killed him instantly.
He was handed into the vet by a member of the public who found him. The driver has not yet come forward
He spent his last £30 on taking bob to the vet, but afterwards Bob wouldn't leave his side, even hopping on the bus to Angel with him.
James said he has struggled to sleep since Bob first went missing.
The pet that inspired the book series and film A Street Cat Named Bob has died aged 14.
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