Maurice Sendak: 1928-2012

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Children's book author Maurice Sendak is photographed doing an interview at his home in Ridgefield, Conn., on Sept. 6, 2011. Sendak, author of the popular children's book "Where the Wild Things Are," died, Tuesday, May 8, 2012, at Danbury Hospital in Danbury, Conn. He was 83.

Standing with a character from his book "Where the Wild Things Are," author and illustrator Maurice Sendak speaks with the media on Jan. 11, 2002.

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Author and illustrator Maurice Sendak speaks with children on Jan. 11, 2002, before the opening of an exhibition entitled, "Maurice Sendak In His Own Words and Pictures," at the Childrens Museum of Manhattan in New York.

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Maurice Sendak, left, and Emmy and Grammy winning producer/director Todd McFarlane pose with a "wild thing" for photographers on Oct. 12, 2000, at FAO Schwarz for a product signing to release the new McFarlane Toys line of "Where the Wild Things Are" action figures in New York.

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Author and illustrator Maurice Sendak speaks with children on Jan. 11, 2002, before the opening of an exhibition in New York.

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Maurice Sendak speaks with the press on Jan. 11, 2002, in New York.

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In this October 1988 file photo, Maurice Sendak checks proofs of art for a major advertising campaign in his Ridgefield, Conn., home.

In this Sept. 25, 1985, file photo, author Maurice Sendak poses with one of the characters from his book "Where the Wild Things Are," designed for the operatic adaptation of the book in St. Paul.