Maurice Sendak dead: ‘Where The Wild Things Are’ author was 83

Yahoo News/The Cutline ^ | May 8, 2012 | Dylan Stableford

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Maurice Sendak, the renowned children's book author who revolutionized the genre, has died. He was 83.

Sendak died on Tuesday from complications caused by a recent stroke, his editor told the New York Times. He lived in Ridgefield, Conn., and was hospitalized in nearby Danbury. According to the Associated Press, Sendak had suffered the stroke on Friday.

Sendak wrote and illustrated more than 50 children's books--including "Where the Wild Things Are," his most famous, published in 1963.

[facedown]

One of our kids' favorite books.

[LibsRJerks]

Aw. Was just reading this to my little guys the other night.

[ThomasThomas]

I had this one memorized.

[AnAmericanMother]

A little off-center, sometimes controversial, always deeply felt --

But the coolest stuff he did was his operas:

Hansel und Grethel

The Magic Flute

[Joe 6-pack]

While Wild Things is certainly his most famous, I think his best work was the illustrations he did for Dear Mili, a short story by Wilhelm Grimm that had been lost to time, and rediscovered in 1983.

,img src="http://www.dinneralovestory.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/mili.jpg">

[Explorer89]

Me too. I tried, and can still recite it.

See my tag line, which has been in employ for many years now.

[angcat]

I loved Little Bear.

[Joe 6-pack]

Ooops. It pays to previw:

[JoeProBono]

[facedown]

Very cool.

[Bronco_Buster_FweetHyagh]

Now hes Where The Dead Things Go

[Erasmus]

I saw Die Zauberflöte with sets by Sendak.

[moovova]

"Where the Wild Things Are"

That was one strange movie. Seen it a couple of times.

[dangerdoc]

It’s a shame about the travisty that was Where the Wild Things Are, the movie.

Probably took years off his life.

[Jvette]

That was a favorite of ours. The little bear stories were read many, many times in my house.

I know nothing about him or his personal life or beliefs....

May God rest his soul.

[twister881]

know nothing about him or his personal life or beliefs...

He was homosexual. May the Lord have mercy on his soul.

[wbill]

book was great. But trust me, skip the movie.

[Huebolt]

Don’t forget the Pacific Northwest Ballet “Nutcracker, the Movie”. All Sendak artwork. See it on NETFLIX!

[NFHale]

One of my favorite books when I was a kid.
Also gave a copy of it to my kids.

RIP, Mr. Sendak. Thank you...

[Hot Tabasco]

That was one strange movie.

LOL! I tried to watch it on cable this past weekend and for the life of me, I couldn't figure it out...Never did watch it thru to the end.