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Behind Every Great “Grinch” Stands A Great Woman

Random House Children’s books has announced the passing of an icon. Audrey Geisel was “Mrs. Dr. Seuss.”  Her late husband, author Ted Geisel, was the good doctor and upon his…

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Random House Children's books has announced the passing of an icon.

Audrey Geisel was "Mrs. Dr. Seuss."  Her late husband, author Ted Geisel, was the good doctor and upon his passing in 1991, handled their literary estate with class, dignity, and well...profitability.

Audrey has left us-dying peacefully in her LaJolla, California, home at the age of 97.

Thanks to her careful handling of the Seuss estate, children for generations to come will read of “The Cat in the Hat,” “The Lorax,” and the classic Christmas story, “How the Grinch Stole Christmas!”

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