Sad news: Where the Wild Things Are author Maurice Sendak has died. He was 83. RIP.
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People magazine (@peoplemag) May 08, 2012The “Where the wild things are” author died today at the age of 83. He suffered a stroke last Friday. Where the wild things are is trending this morning, in remembrance of the author and his most famous book.
“And now,” cried Max, “Let the wild rumpus start!”
I heard those words first cuddled up beside my mother as a two-year-old. She would roar a terrible roar and gnash her terrible teeth as she read the 338 words that composed Maurice Sendak’s most famous book, “Where the Wild Things Are.”
We all remember hearing those words and us mamas still read them to our little ones.
The world has lost a literary treasure, RIP Maurice Sendak, I hope you're resting where the wild things are!—
Melanie (@GottaMeetDianna) May 08, 2012
A collective sad sigh in our agency this morning – across all age groups. RIP Maurice Sendak: ti.me/JtibEj—
Buchanan PR (@BuchananPR) May 08, 2012
Where the Wild Things Are was far and away the most important book I read as a child dbjackson-author.com/blog #mauricesendak—
D.B. Jackson (@DBJacksonAuthor) May 08, 2012
"When my mother read us [Where the Wild Things Are], she was telling us she loved us even when we were bad." wapo.st/JcsSMy—
The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) May 08, 2012
Celebrities are also remembering and mourning the loss.
NEWS: Maurice Sendak has gone to the place where there will always be milk for the morning cake, wild things eating … sulia.com/c/all-arts-ent…—
Alex McCord (@mccordalex) May 08, 2012
RIP Maurice Sendak. A couple of your books were huge to me when I was a kid. Lot of great memories thinking about them.—
(@Slash) May 08, 2012
Actually, "Where the wild things are" was the catalyst for many a parent/teacher conference.
IiiI; )'—
(@Slash) May 08, 2012
“@BreakingNews: Maurice Sendak, author of 'Where the Wild Things Are,' dies at 83 – @nytimes”. Rest in wonderful fantasies—
Henry Winkler (@hwinkler4real) May 08, 2012
Rest in peace — and wild rumpuses.
And more memories.
"Please don't go. We'll eat you up. We love you so."-Maurice Sendak, author of "Where the Wild Things Are," dies at 83. #thankyoumaurice—
Ann Curry (@AnnCurry) May 08, 2012
@EWeitzman my third grader who is now 40 as max in WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE—
Henry Winkler (@hwinkler4real) May 08, 2012
RT @Shopaholic_918: ENJOY!! Maurice #Sendak himself reading Where the Wild Things Are bit.ly/IApE4i (Barnes & Noble Studio)—
Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) May 08, 2012
Here's POTUS reading from "Where the Wild Things Are" to some kids > bit.ly/KJjn5n—
Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) May 08, 2012
Maurice Sendak has sailed to where the wild things are. May he be as happy there as the generations of children he delighted.—
John Hayward (@Doc_0) May 08, 2012
Amen.
