Caroll Spinney, Puppeteer of the Two Best Muppets, Died at 85

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Caroll Spinney, puppeteer of the 'two best muppets', died at 85

The announcement posted by Sesame Workshop is charming and makes me want to go watch old“Caroll was an artistic genius whose kind and loving view of the world helped shape and definefrom its earliest days in 1969 through five decades, and his legacy here at Sesame Workshop and in the cultural firmament will be unending.

His enormous talent and outsized heart were perfectly suited to playing the larger-than-life yellow bird who brought joy to generations of children and countless fans of all ages around the world, and his lovably cantankerous grouch gave us all permission to be cranky once in a while.”In 2018, Sesame Workshop estimated that Spinney has been in more than 4,400 episodes of the iconic show.

 

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