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I want to write something so simple, so short and so silly... and I want it to be for my brother.

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Maurice Sendak
Age: 83 †
Born: 1928
Born: June 10
Died: 2012
Died: May 8
Artist
Cartoonist
Graphic Designer
Illustrator
Painter
Screenwriter
Writer
Brooklyn
New York
Maurice Bernard Sendak
Simple
Write
Writing
Something
Silly
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Brother

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