The author of the historically transformative and widely loved book “Where the Wild Things Are” had died. He was 83.
Standing with a character from his book Where the Wild Things Are, author and illustrator Maurice Sendak speaks with the media Jan. 11, 2002, at the Children’s Museum of Manhattan in New York City. Sendak died in Danbury, Conn., on Tuesday. He was 83. Story from NPR, photo from Spencer Platt/Getty