Maurice Sendak
Children's book author and illustrator Maurice Sendak, best known for Where the Wild Things Are, has died, The New York Times reports. He was 83.
Sendak died Tuesday in Danbury, Conn., from complications following a recent stroke, his longtime editor told the newspaper.
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Sendak's books transformed the children's genre by featuring somewhat obnoxious characters and dark plots that included kidnapping and demons.
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