WASHINGTON (AFP): Puppeteer Caroll Spinney, who brought Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch to life on the iconic children's television show "Sesame Street" for half a century, died on Sunday (Dec 8) at the age of 85. When Henson died in 1990, Big Bird sang Kermit's sweetly melancholy tune "It's Not Easy Being Green" at a memorial service. At the time of his retirement, he was quoted as saying that his Big Bird alter ego had "opened my mind and nurtured my soul." Spinney's life was the subject of the 2014 documentary "I Am Big Bird: The Caroll spinney Story." Big Bird, the instantly recognizable giant yellow bird with the huge beak, is more than 2.5m tall.

Source: The Star December 09, 2019 00:33 UTC