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I cry a lot because I miss people. They die and I can't stop them. They leave me and I love them more.

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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
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Cry
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Leave
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Dies
Love
People

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