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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAudrey Geisel, widow of Dr. Seuss, dead at 97
Source: Associated Press
Audrey Geisel, widow of Dr. Seuss, dead at 97
December 21, 2018
NEW YORK (AP) Audrey Geisel, the widow of childrens author Dr. Seuss and longtime overseer of his literary estate, has died.
Random House Childrens Books announced that she died Wednesday at age 97. She died peacefully at her home in La Jolla, California.
Dr. Seuss, whose real name was Theodor Geisel, died in 1991 and two years later Audrey Geisel founded Dr. Seuss Enterprises. Numerous publishing projects followed, along with the Broadway show Seussical. She also served as executive producer for some film adaptations of his work, most recently The Grinch, which came out last month.
She was a Chicago native whose parents broke up when she was little and who as an adult would be in the middle of two broken marriages. She and Theodor Geisel, who was 17 years older, were both married to others when they began an affair in the 1960s. Theodor Geisels first wife, Helen, killed herself and Audrey Geisel sent away the two daughters she had with her first husband after she and the author married in 1968.
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December 21, 2018
NEW YORK (AP) Audrey Geisel, the widow of childrens author Dr. Seuss and longtime overseer of his literary estate, has died.
Random House Childrens Books announced that she died Wednesday at age 97. She died peacefully at her home in La Jolla, California.
Dr. Seuss, whose real name was Theodor Geisel, died in 1991 and two years later Audrey Geisel founded Dr. Seuss Enterprises. Numerous publishing projects followed, along with the Broadway show Seussical. She also served as executive producer for some film adaptations of his work, most recently The Grinch, which came out last month.
She was a Chicago native whose parents broke up when she was little and who as an adult would be in the middle of two broken marriages. She and Theodor Geisel, who was 17 years older, were both married to others when they began an affair in the 1960s. Theodor Geisels first wife, Helen, killed herself and Audrey Geisel sent away the two daughters she had with her first husband after she and the author married in 1968.
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Audrey Geisel, widow of Dr. Seuss, dead at 97 (Original Post)
Eugene
Dec 2018
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Drunken Irishman
(34,857 posts)1. Dr. Seuss was an interesting fella...
As the article states, he left his first wife, who was so distraught she killed herself. Audrey, his second wife, sent away her two children, who were 9 and 14, because Ted Geisel apparently didn't like children. He was quoted as saying, "You have 'em and I'll entertain 'em."
It does appear Audrey was able to mend fences with her daughters, so, that's nice.
Brother Buzz
(36,463 posts)2. UCSD is certainly mourning the loss
Audrey Geisel was a friend to the end
https://ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/pressrelease/audrey_geisel_donates_3_million_to_renovate_uc_san_diegos_iconic_geisel_lib
Liberty Belle
(9,535 posts)3. Much more in the San Diego Union-Tribune: