Maurice Sendak has died

[KTrain]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-17994402

Maurice Sendak, the US author of the best-selling children's book Where the Wild Things Are, has died aged 83.

His long-time editor, Michael di Capua, told The New York Times the author died in Danbury, Connecticut, after complications from a recent stroke.

He wrote some 17 books and was a prolific illustrator, but was best-known for his 1963 tale of Max, who became the "king of all wild things".

It was made into a Hollywood film in 2009, directed by Spike Jonze.

[La Flames Fan]

Shame to hear....Where the Wild Things Are was a great book and and an even better movie.

[J pold]

A shame, I grew up on Where The Wild Things Are. More recently he did an interview with Steven Colbert that might have been the most hilarious thing I’ve seen all year. Because CTV is brutal and won’t let you access exclusive clips in Canada I can’t find it now, but if you can find it anywhere watch it because it is on the floor funny.

RIP.

[Hemi-Cuda]

his appearance on the Colbert Report was one of the best interviews i've ever seen on that show

[troutman]

The night Max wore his wolf-suit,
And made mischief of one kind and another

[troutman]

Originally Posted by J pold

A shame, I grew up on Where The Wild Things Are. More recently he did an interview with Steven Colbert that might have been the most hilarious thing I’ve seen all year. Because CTV is brutal and won’t let you access exclusive clips in Canada I can’t find it now, but if you can find it anywhere watch it because it is on the floor funny.

RIP.

Full episodes here:

http://watch.thecomedynetwork.ca/the...es/#clip674621

Not sure how far back it goes.

[CaptainCrunch]

That book scared the living crap out of me.

RIP

[MrMastodonFarm]

[macker]

Originally Posted by La Flames Fan

Shame to hear....Where the Wild Things Are was a great book and and an even better movie.

I would say the book was great but the movie was brutal

[FlamesAddiction]

Originally Posted by macker

I would say the book was great but the movie was brutal

I kind of liked the movie.

[onetwo_threefour]

Where's the Christopher Walken reading? Based on that Colbert interview, I think Sendak would have appreciated Walken's interpretation...

RIP

Oh, here it is...