RIP Maurice Sendak ~ June 10, 1928 to May 8, 2012

I'm primarily familiar with Maurice Sendak's famous and beloved children's book Where the Wild Things Are. I am sad to hear of Mr. Sendak's passing. What an amazingly gifted and talented person he was!

Although, I'm sad to learn of Mr. Sendak's passing, I enjoyed reading a well written obituary of Maurice Sendak's life by Valerie J. Nelson of the Los Angeles Times. In Valerie J. Nelson's article titled, Maurice Sendak dies at 83, author of 'Where the Wild Things Are', the following is written about Mr. Sendak:

Maurice Sendak, the children's book illustrator and author whose unsentimental approach to storytelling revolutionized the genre and whose best-known tale was the dark fantasy "Where the Wild Things Are," has died. He was 83.

Sendak, who also was a set designer for opera and film, died Tuesday at a hospital in Danbury, Conn., his friend and caretaker Lynn Caponera said. He had suffered a stroke on Friday, she said.

He had already been proclaimed "the Picasso of children's books" by Time magazine when, in his 30s, he wrote and illustrated "Where the Wild Things Are." It became one of the 10 bestselling children's books of all time.

Click on the above link to read the entire obituary about the wonderfully rich life of Maurice Sendak. I learned a lot about the life of this amazing human being.