NEW YORK (Reuters) - Caroll Spinney, the puppeteer who brought boyish vulnerability to Big Bird, the towering yellow-plumed character, during 50 years on the groundbreaking children's television show ...

Caroll Spinney, the television puppeteer known for his work as Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch on the long-running show "Sesame Street," died Sunday. He was 85. In a statement posted to Facebook, Sesame ...

Caroll Spinney, the puppeteer who played Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch for 49 years at “Sesame Street,” died Sunday in Connecticut after living with dystonia. He was 85. Sesame Workshop announced his ...

Sometimes he stood 8 feet, 2 inches tall. Sometimes he lived in a garbage can. He often cited numbers and letters of the alphabet, and for nearly a half century on “Sesame Street” he was Big Bird and ...

The woman who played Maria on Sesame Street has confessed to having a flirtatious relationship with Oscar the Grouch. “That’s absolutely true,” Sonia Manzano, 75 — who depicted the character “Maria” ...

Where can you find the friendliest neighbors, sunniest skies and sweetest air? “Sesame Street,” of course! The Emmy-award winning educational television show, produced by the non-profit organization ...

NEW YORK -- You can take a walk down memory lane with "Sesame Street: 50 Years of Sunny Days." You won't want to miss the lineup of special guests to "Sesame Street" including First Lady of the United ...