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All I wanted was to be straight so my parents could be happy. They never, never, never knew.

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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
Wanted
Never
Straight
Parents
Knew
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Happy

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