Puppeteer Caroll Spinney Announces Retirement from Sesame Street
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Wednesday, October 17, 2018
NEW YORK, Oct. 17, 2018 /PRNewswire/ --Puppeteer Caroll Spinney today announced that he is stepping down from the roles of Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch, which he has performed on Sesame Street since its 1969 premiere.
Key Points:
- NEW YORK, Oct. 17, 2018 /PRNewswire/ --Puppeteer Caroll Spinney today announced that he is stepping down from the roles of Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch, which he has performed on Sesame Street since its 1969 premiere.
- Spinney even met his wife of 45 years, Debra, on the Sesame Street set in 1973.
- "Caroll has been one of the leading lights of Sesame Street from the very beginning," said Joan Ganz Cooney, co-founder of Sesame Workshop.
- Sesame Workshop is the nonprofit media and educational organization behind Sesame Street, the pioneering television show that has been reaching and teaching children since 1969.