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Wild Things Author Maurice Sendak Dead at 83

Died from complications from a recent stroke

By Kate Seamons,  Newser Staff

Posted May 8, 2012 7:41 AM CDT

(Newser) – Maurice Sendak, author/illustrator of the beloved Where the Wild Things Are, has died at age 83, reports the New York Times. The cause was complications from a recent stroke, says his editor. The Times offers a glowing profile of Sendak and the many books he...   Read full story »

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