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I know there are supposedly happy people in this world. I never believed it, but I take it for granted. God knows, they're all on television.

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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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