{"id":2170,"date":"2012-05-08T14:43:51","date_gmt":"2012-05-08T14:43:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pixel-shredder.com\/blog\/?p=2170"},"modified":"2012-05-08T11:12:57","modified_gmt":"2012-05-08T15:12:57","slug":"r-i-p-maurice-sendak-legendary-author-of-where-t","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pixel-shredder.com\/blog\/r-i-p-maurice-sendak-legendary-author-of-where-t\/","title":{"rendered":"R.I.P. Maurice Sendak, Legendary Author of &#8216;Where The Wild Things Are&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sad day for the world of literature: Maurice Sendak has passed away at age 83. Hilariously irreverent until the end, Sendak&#8217;s last public appearance was on The Colbert Report, where he gave advice to Colbert on his new children&#8217;s book:<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #000000; width: 520px;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 4px;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/media.mtvnservices.com\/embed\/mgid:cms:video:colbertnation.com:406796\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"512\" height=\"288\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; background-color: #ffffff; padding: 4px; margin-top: 4px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colbertnation.com\/the-colbert-report-videos\/406796\/january-24-2012\/grim-colberty-tales-with-maurice-sendak-pt--1\">The Colbert Report<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nGet More: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.colbertnation.com\/full-episodes\/\">Colbert Report Full Episodes<\/a>,<a href=\"http:\/\/www.indecisionforever.com\/\">Political Humor &amp; Satire Blog<\/a>,<a href=\"http:\/\/www.colbertnation.com\/video\">Video Archive<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #000000; width: 520px;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 4px;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/media.mtvnservices.com\/embed\/mgid:cms:video:colbertnation.com:406902\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"512\" height=\"288\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; background-color: #ffffff; padding: 4px; margin-top: 4px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colbertnation.com\/the-colbert-report-videos\/406902\/january-25-2012\/grim-colberty-tales-with-maurice-sendak-pt--2\">The Colbert Report<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nGet More: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.colbertnation.com\/full-episodes\/\">Colbert Report Full Episodes<\/a>,<a href=\"http:\/\/www.indecisionforever.com\/\">Political Humor &amp; Satire Blog<\/a>,<a href=\"http:\/\/www.colbertnation.com\/video\">Video Archive<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>A great loss, indeed.<\/p>\n<div class=\"g-crossposting-att\">\n<div class=\"g-crossposting-att-title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blastr.com\/2012\/05\/where-the-wild-things-are-2.php\" target=\"_blank\">Maurice Sendak, Where the Wild Things Are author, dead at 83<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"g-crossposting-att-txt\">Sad news\u2014Maurice Sendak, author of the beloved children&#8217;s picture book Where the Wild Things Are, has passed away at the age of 83. He died of complications related to a recent stroke.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"g-crossposting-backlink\"><a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/110201780316922068503\/posts\/dCMDpWEMQQA\" target=\"_blank\">This was posted on Google+\u2026<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Posts\"><H4>Related Awesome<\/H4><ul class=\"entry-meta\"><li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"House of Cards: Netflix and the Future of Television\" href=\"https:\/\/pixel-shredder.com\/blog\/house-of-cards-netflix-future-tv\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">House of Cards: Netflix and the Future of Television<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"&#8216;Gridlee&#8217; App is Really MAME in Disguise\" href=\"https:\/\/pixel-shredder.com\/blog\/gridlee-app-really-mame-disguise\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">&#8216;Gridlee&#8217; App is Really MAME in Disguise<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Is Congress Trying To Make All Their Decisions Final?\" href=\"https:\/\/pixel-shredder.com\/blog\/congress-decisions-final\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Is Congress Trying To Make All Their Decisions Final?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sad day for the world of literature: Maurice Sendak has passed away at age 83. Hilariously irreverent until the end, Sendak&#8217;s last public appearance was on The Colbert Report, where he gave advice to Colbert on his new children&#8217;s book: The Colbert Report Get More: Colbert Report Full Episodes,Political Humor &amp; Satire Blog,Video Archive &nbsp; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[4,62,3],"tags":[284,282,5,169,285,283,127,483],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>R.I.P. 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