Caroll Spinney and Kermit Love on the set of a "Sesame Street" production. (Courtesy Debra Spinney) Caroll Spinney, who gave Big Bird his warmth and Oscar the Grouch his growl for nearly 50 years on ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Spinney died Sunday at his home in Connecticut at the age of 85. He limned the Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch characters from the ...

Caroll Spinney, the man who played “Sesame Street” icon Big Bird for 50 years, died on Sunday at his Connecticut home at the age of 85. His passing was announced by Sesame Workshop. “Caroll was an ...

Sesame Street's Big Bird and puppeteer Caroll Spinney participate in the ceremonial lighting of the Empire State Building in honor of Sesame Street's 50th anniversary on Friday, Nov. 8, 2019, in New ...

(NEW YORK) -- The longtime puppeteer behind beloved Sesame Street characters Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch, Caroll Spinney, has died at age 85, the Sesame Street Workshop announced in a statement.

WOODSTOCK, Conn. — The friendly, bearded face of Caroll Spinney may not be one you recognize immediately. But if you have watched TV at any point in the past 50 years or so, you are almost certainly ...

The legendary Muppeteer who played Sesame Street residents Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch has passed away. How did Caroll Spinney die? Caroll Spinney died on December 8, 2019 at his Connecticut home.

The actor passed away at his home in Connecticut after living with dystonia, a movement disorder, “for some time,” according to the nonprofit organization. Spinney is best known for his portrayal of ...

Caroll Spinney, who gave Big Bird his warmth and Oscar the Grouch his growl for nearly 50 years on “Sesame Street,” died Sunday at the age of 85 at his home in Connecticut, according to the Sesame ...