Caroll Spinney, the longtime "Sesame Street" puppeteer who played Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch, died Sunday at age 85, Sesame Workshop confirmed. Watch Party Newsletter Best TV shows of 2025 📺 ...

Indeed, Big Bird — that towering, yellow-feathered 6-year-old — has been calling Sesame Street home for four decades, ever since the show premiered on Nov. 10, 1969.

Big Bird reads to Connor Scott and Tiffany Jiao during a taping of Sesame Street in New York, April 10, 2008. Caroll Spinney, the puppeteer who has played Big Bird on "Sesame Street" is retiring ...

But, of course, on Sesame Street, Big Bird is the big game, arguably the show’s most iconic character. Landing the part has made Vogel, who later married the girlfriend who showed him the ...

Caroll Spinney, who puppeteered and voiced Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch, is retiring from "Sesame Street" after 50 years. He has been part of the show since its inception in 1969. (He even met ...

Big Bird — that towering, yellow 6-year-old — has been calling “Sesame Street” home ever since the show premiered on Nov. 10, 1969. And as it marks its 40th anniversary, he remains an ...

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Indeed, Big Bird — that towering, yellow-feathered 6-year-old — has been calling Sesame Street home for four decades, ever since the show premiered on Nov. 10, 1969.

NEW YORK — On the street, Caroll Spinney is a 74-year-old of modest proportions. On the job, transformed into Big Bird, he stands 8 feet 2 inches tall and is 6 years old. Being Big Bird is ...

Big Bird is known to many as the yellow-colored, loveable friend that children have watched on "Sesame Street" for decades.In February 2021, a tweet about the colors of Big Bird's extended family ...

Caroll Spinney, the big-hearted Muppeteer who played 'Sesame Street' character Big Bird for almost a half-century, died at 85. Skip to main content Plus Icon Click to expand the Mega Menu ...

Caroll Spinney, the puppeteer who brought beloved “Sesame Street” characters Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch to life, died on Sunday, according to Sesame Workshop. CNN values your feedback 1.