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I remember my own childhood vividly...I knew terrible things. But I knew I mustn't let adults know I knew. It would scare them

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Maurice Sendak
Age: 83 †
Born: 1928
Born: June 10
Died: 2012
Died: May 8
Artist
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Screenwriter
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Brooklyn
New York
Maurice Bernard Sendak
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