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Caroll Edwin Spinney (December 26, 1933 – December 8, 2019) was an American puppeteer, cartoonist, author, artist and speaker, most famous for playing Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch on Sesame Street from its inception in 1969 until 2018.
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 ...
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 ...
D. C. Fontana René Auberjonois Caroll Spinney Paul Volcker Frederick B. Dent Danny Aiello Hayden Fry Junior Johnson Fred B. Rooney Jocelyn Burdick Jerry Herman Paul X. Kelley Syd Mead. December 1 Robert M. Koerner, engineer (b. 1933) [668] Lil Bub, celebrity cat (b. 2011) [669] Shelley Morrison, actress (b. 1936) [670]
Famed New York City socialites Gloria Vanderbilt and Lee Radziwill also passed away this year, as did "Sesame Street" puppeteer Caroll Spinney, who played Big Bird for nearly 50 years.
Big Bird was performed by Caroll Spinney starting in 1969. In the later years of Spinney's career, the show gradually started training new performers to play Big Bird. The apprentices included both Rick Lyon in the opening theme song of the show's 33rd season, and later Matt Vogel in the show's "Journey to Ernie" segment.
Caroll Spinney as Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch; Steve Whitmire as Ernie; Frank Oz as Bert, Cookie Monster, Grover and Uncle Hank; Jerry Nelson as The Count; Fran Brill as Zoe, Roxie Marie, and Prairie Dawn; Kevin Clash as Elmo, Wolfgang the Seal, Cousin Pepe, Elmo-noske, Bjarne Betjent (voice) and the Announcer; Jim Martin as Max Mekker (voice)
This is the final Sesame Street special to feature long-time Muppet performer Caroll Spinney, who performed Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch for 50 years [1] [2] [3] as well as the cast members Emilio Delgado and Bob McGrath, who played Luis and Bob, respectively, for 45 years.