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There's a mystery there, a clue, a nut, a bolt, and if I put it together, I find me.

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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
Clue
Nuts
Mystery
Together
Find
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Bolts

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