Monday would have been Sendak's 85th birthday. He died in May 2012 at Danbury Hospital from complications from a stroke.
The Google Doodle becomes animated in a circular storyline, opening with "Wild Things" lead character Max cavorting with his monsters, turns into the of the "In The Night Kitchen" and ends with the birthday party from "Bumble-Ardy."
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