BOB, the protagonist of James Bowen’s memoir “A Street Cat Named Bob,” passed away Tuesday at the age of 14.

Hodder & Stoughton, who published the bestseller in 2012, confirmed the feline’s death in a heartfelt statement.

It read: “As James and Bob continued to find fans all over the world, Bob led an incredible life meeting well-wishers at book signings, traveling the world and coping with feline fame.

“He was an extraordinary cat who will be greatly missed.”

Bowen was a recovering heroin addict when he met Bob in the spring of 2007, with the cat lying abandoned and injured in the hallway of his supported housing building in Tottenham, the U.K.

After taking him to the vets for treatment of an infected wound on his leg, the busker put him back out on the streets hoping that he would find his home.

Instead, Bob took a liking to his new friend as he followed Bowen around wherever he went — even on the bus he took to go busking in Covent Garden and Piccadilly Circus.

Bowen took the cat in permanently after assuming he had nowhere else to go and gave him his name due to the busker’s fondness of Killer BOB from American horror drama “Twin Peaks.”

It was the start of a relationship which turned the recovering addict’s life around. The cat accompanied Bowen at his musical performances on the streets of London and also in his shifts selling Big Issue in the English capital.

Five years after the pair met, Hodder & Stoughton published Bowen’s novel about his relationship with Bob, the first of four books about his furry friend.

“The World According to Bob,” “A Gift from Bob” and “The Little Book of Bob” have since been published, with the collection selling 8 million books worldwide in over 40 languages.

The author’s first memoir was developed into a film in 2016, starring Luke Treadaway as the role of Bowen.

At the London premiere for the film, Bob met Kate Middleton and was even accused of scratching the Duchess of Cambridge after she was spotted the next day with a plaster on her hand.

“He gave me so much more than companionship. With him at my side, I found a direction and purpose that I’d been missing.

“The success we achieved together through our books and films was miraculous. He’s met thousands of people, touched millions of lives.

“There’s never been a cat like him. And never will again.”

(SD-Agencies)