Celebrity Death Haiku

Robin Gibb

1949–2012

Summer ends early
Then Robin cannot return
Disco’s really dead

— Dr. Vitz

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Not stayin' alive
Huh huh huh huh huh huh huh
Not stayin' alive

— Jeff Tiedrich

Maurice Sendak

1928-2012

Sendak's journey ends
Now he's qualified to write
Where The Dead Things Are

-- Jeff Tiedrich

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Oh grumpy wild thing,
I loved your stories and art
Sad to reach the end.

 — DeBerk

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Unlike Steve Miller
Everyone called him Maurice
Not just some people

-- Jeff Tiedrich