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'Sesame Street's' Big Bird Actor Dies; Original Live-Action Spider-Man Was 81

Danny Seagren, the puppeteer who portrayed Big Bird and TV’s first live-action Spider-Man on ‘The Electric Company,’ has died ...
Whiskey Riff

Waylon Jennings Once Accidentally Lit Big Bird On Fire While Filming The 1985 Sesame Street Film, ‘Follow That Bird’

Classic Waylon... The country icon has so many iconic songs, and stories, to his name, and recently, we got to hear some brand new Waylon music on the album Songbird, which is a tracklist full of ...
Newsweek

Here Are Some of Puppeteer Caroll Spinney’s Notable Quotes About Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch

Puppeteer Caroll Spinney, who gave life to beloved Sesame Street characters of Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch for nearly 50 years, died on Sunday at his home in Connecticut, according to a statement ...
The Washington Post

Repentant thieves return Big Bird costume with a note: ‘Sorry to be such a big birden’

Thieves calling themselves the “Big Bird Bandits” stole a $118,000 costume of the iconic “Sesame Street” character from a children’s circus in Australia. A few days later, they returned the seven-foot ...