[discostu]

I don't know about sinister background, but she was on the set of the Grinch and said Jim Carrey is a pottie mouth.

[IYAS9YAS]

According to my morning paper, the current widow is his second wife. His first wife killed herself in 1967 with an overdose of pills. She was in very ill health. The paper says that he and his second wife developed a romance while they were both married to other people. Not the most noble, but it happens. It also mentions that Dr. Seuss, himself, was afraid of children. Didn't know what to do around them, or how to just play.