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1:14 pm
Tue May 8, 2012

The Secret Life Of The Other Alan Feuer

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NEAL CONAN, HOST:

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10:38 am
Tue May 8, 2012

Remembering Children's Book Author Maurice Sendak

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Originally published on Tue May 8, 2012 1:13 pm

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(SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC)

MICHEL MARTIN, HOST:

Finally today, we want to honor someone who's work fired the imaginations of many children and their parents. Award-winning author and illustrator Maurice Sendak died today at the age of 83.

Maurice Sendak is best known for that classic children's book "Where the Wild Things Are." He wrote and illustrated the story of the mischievous hero Max, who gets sent to bed without dinner and his imagination takes him to a land of colorful giant monsters.

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9:38 am
Tue May 8, 2012

Sendak's Legacy: Helping Kids 'Survive Childhood'

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Sendak talks with children about his book Where the Wild Things Are at the International Youth Library in Munich in June 1971.
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Published in 1963, Where The Wild Things Are was a different approach to children's books — full of dark forests and fierce-looking monsters.
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Sendak signs prints from The Mother Goose Collection in July 1990 — part of a benefit for homeless children in New York City.
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Sendak (from left), film director Spike Jonze and actor Max Records pose at the New York premiere of the film Where The Wild Things Are in 2009.
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"There are so many beautiful things in the world which I will have to leave when I die, but I'm ready," Sendak told Terry Gross in 2011.
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Children's book writer and illustrator Maurice Sendak, author of Where the Wild Things Are, died on Tuesday at Danbury Hospital in Danbury, Conn. He was 83.
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Originally published on Wed May 23, 2012 9:49 am

When author and illustrator Maurice Sendak entered the world of children's books, it was a very safe place. Stories were sweet and simple and set in a world without disorder. But Sendak, who died Tuesday at age 83, broke with that tradition. In Where the Wild Things Are, Sendak explored the darker side of childhood. Upstairs in young Max's bedroom, a jungle grows, and he sails off to a land of monsters.

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9:26 am
Tue May 8, 2012

Beloved Children's Author Maurice Sendak Dies

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Maurice Sendak, the well-known children's book author and illustrator, has died. He was 83. Sendak is widely known for his book Where the Wild Things Are. Steve Inskeep has this remembrance.

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8:23 am
Tue May 8, 2012

Fresh Air Remembers Author Maurice Sendak

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In this Sept. 25, 1985 file photo, author Maurice Sendak poses with one of the characters from his book Where the Wild Things Are, designed for the operatic adaptation of his book in St. Paul, Minn. Sendak died, Tuesday, May 8, 2012 at Danbury Hospital in Danbury, Conn. He was 83.
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Published in 1963, Where The Wild Things Are was a different approach to children's books — full of dark forests and fierce-looking monsters.
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Sendak signs prints from The Mother Goose Collection in July 1990 — part of a benefit for homeless children in New York City.
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Sendak (from left), film director Spike Jonze and actor Max Records pose at the New York premiere of the film Where The Wild Things Are in 2009.
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"There are so many beautiful things in the world which I will have to leave when I die, but I'm ready," Sendak told Terry Gross in 2011.
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Maurice Sendak wrote and/or illustrated more than 100 books during his career. He received a National Book Award, a Caldecott Medal, the Hans Christian Andersen Award for children's book illustration, and the National Medal of Arts.
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Children's book writer and illustrator Maurice Sendak, author of Where the Wild Things Are, died on Tuesday at Danbury Hospital in Danbury, Conn. He was 83.
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Originally published on Wed May 23, 2012 9:49 am

Author and illustrator Maurice Sendak, whose classic children's book Where the Wild Things Are became a perennial and award-winning favorite for generations of children, died Tuesday. He was 83.

Sendak appeared on Fresh Air with Terry Gross several times over the years. In 1989, he told Terry Gross that he didn't ever write with children in mind — but that somehow what he wrote turned out to be for children nonetheless.

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3:35 pm
Mon May 7, 2012

'Price Is Right' Creator Was Inspired By Everyday Life

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Originally published on Tue May 8, 2012 7:26 am

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AUDIE CORNISH, HOST:

Now to a man whose aim in life was to always keep us guessing.

(SOUNDBITE OF GAME SHOW)

UNIDENTIFIED MAN #1: Now you have four chances to pick the right price. Let's pick it out.

UNIDENTIFIED MAN #2: The password is bird.

(SOUNDBITE OF CHIME)

(SOUNDBITE OF GAME SHOW)

UNIDENTIFIED MAN #3: The 1984 in Los Angeles.

UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN: Olympics.

UNIDENTIFIED MAN #3: All right. And the place in Anaheim with all the rides, Mickey Mouse.

UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN: Disneyland.

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10:38 am
Mon May 7, 2012

Fresh Air Remembers Beastie Boys' Adam Yauch

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Adam Yauch.
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Originally published on Tue August 7, 2012 2:31 pm

Adam "MCA" Yauch, one of the founding members of the Beastie Boys, died Friday after a lengthy battle with cancer. He was 47.

With his raspy voice, Yauch started making music with Michael Diamond (Mike D) and Adam Horovitz (Ad-Rock) when they were all teenagers in New York City in the early 1980s. The Beastie Boys started out as a punk band, but in 1987, the group released Licensed to Ill, the first hop-hop album to reach No. 1 on the pop charts.

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The Record
11:49 am
Sun May 6, 2012

The Beastie Boys Gave Me My Start: Memories Of Adam Yauch

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Adam Yauch speaks at a press conference before the 1998 edition of the Tibetan Freedom Concert in Washington, D.C.
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Adam Yauch speaks at a press conference before the 1998 edition of the Tibetan Freedom Concert in Washington, D.C.
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Originally published on Sun May 6, 2012 3:24 pm

Early in my career, I was fortunate enough to have the opportunity to write for Grand Royal, also known as the Beastie Boys' magazine — and also the name of their record label. When I heard Adam Yauch had died on Friday, it felt natural to reach out to some of my old friends from the Grand Royal days — and their friends and their friends. So many of us got our start thanks to them. Here are a few of our memories of Adam:

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9:18 am
Sat May 5, 2012

How Adam Yauch Grew Into His Voice

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Adam Yauch (center), with Mike Diamond (right) and Adam Horovitz, in a photo from 1985, the year before the Beastie Boys' debut LP, Licensed to Ill, was released.
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Originally published on Tue September 18, 2012 6:50 pm

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5:34 am
Sat May 5, 2012

Adam Yauch Gave Distinct Sound To Genre-Bending Band

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Originally published on Sun May 6, 2012 9:26 am

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SCOTT SIMON, HOST:

A famous trio has lost a member. Whether you knew him as Adam Yauch, Nathanial Hornblower or MCA, he brought a distinct sound to a genre-bending band.

(SOUNDBITE OF SONG)

BEASTIE BOYS: (Singing) ...if what you get is what you see, c'mon...

SIMON: MCA was a founding member of the Beastie Boys, a band that helped make hip-hop mainstream. Now, before they rapped, the Beastie Boys were just punks.

(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "TIME FOR LIVIN' ")

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