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Big Bird, Oscar the Grouch 'Sesame Street' puppeteer Caroll Spinney dead at 85

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 ...

Woman Who Played Sesame Street’s Maria Admits to Having Flirtatious Relationship With Oscar the Grouch

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” ...

Maria from ‘Sesame Street’ reveals she had flirtatious chemistry with Oscar the Grouch — and loved his wildly inappropriate quips

"He would just say things, 'If you don't want to be a murderer, don't be around people who shouldn't be killed,'" Sonia Manzano said of her "Sesame Street" co-star.
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Watch: ‘Sesame Street’ stars Oscar the Grouch, Bert and Grover give L.A. ‘a big hug’

Los Angeles has been going through a tough time, but in the words of a few friends from “Sesame Street,” we can get through this together. Last week, some of the characters from the venerated children ...