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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.
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.
Performed by Caroll Spinney (1969–2018), Matt Vogel (1997–present); One of the series' three main protagonists along with Elmo and Cookie Monster, and the first Muppet to appear on the show [11] was Big Bird, a curious 8-foot-tall yellow bird believed by writer Shalom M. Fisch and Dr. Lewis Bernstein to be a canary, [9] who resides in a large nest alongside the "123 Sesame Street" building ...
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 ...
Kevin Jeffrey Clash (born September 17, 1960) is an American puppeteer, director and producer best known for puppeteering Elmo on Sesame Street from 1985 to 2012. He also performed puppets for Labyrinth, Dinosaurs, Oobi, and various Muppet productions.
As we quickly approach 2020, let's take a moment to reflect on the talented individuals Hollywood lost this year. 2019 saw the passings of multiple young celebrities — far too many.
The original version of Oscar's puppet used from season 1 up until season 2 Spinney with Oscar the Grouch at the 2014 Montclair Film Festival. Initially, the puppet characters on Sesame Street did not appear on the actual Sesame Street set, but were relegated to the intermediary segments.
Caroll Spinney (Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch) said that the last time he saw Lee alive was during the taping of the last episode involving Mr. Hooper in November 1982. Lee felt ill that day and barely spoke to the cast. Spinney (who was wearing Big Bird's feet at the time) placed his arm around Lee's shoulder and said "I love you, Mr. Hooper."