As part of the Teacher in Space Project, NASA once considered sending the beloved Sesame Street character on a shuttle ...

Caroll Spinney, the longtime "Sesame Street" puppeteer who played Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch, died Sunday at age 85, Sesame Workshop confirmed.

After 50 years of starring as the iconic and lovable Big Bird, Caroll Spinney is hanging up his yellow suit and retiring from "Sesame Street." Spinney, 84, will finish his work on the show this ...

Indeed, Big Bird — that towering, yellow-feathered 6-year-old — has been calling Sesame Street home for four decades, ever since the show premiered on Nov. 10, 1969.

‘Sesame Street’: Meet the New Puppeteer Inside Big Bird Matt Vogel, the puppeteer who took over the role of Big Bird last year, talks about being the "best version" of the iconic character he ...

Big Bird — that towering, yellow 6-year-old — has been calling “Sesame Street” home ever since the show premiered on Nov. 10, 1969. And as it marks its 40th anniversary, he remains an ...

As "Sesame Street" celebrates its 50th anniversary, we look at the show's legacy of inclusion and why it still resonates with kids in 2019.

Caroll Spinney, who puppeteered and voiced Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch, is retiring from "Sesame Street" after 50 years. He has been part of the show since its inception in 1969. (He even met ...

COLUMBUS, OH -- Feathers were ruffled on Sesame Street on Tuesday when the Obama campaign launched a campaign ad starring Big Bird. The new spot, which airs on cable networks, mocks Mitt Romney ...

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Caroll Spinney, the big-hearted Muppeteer who played 'Sesame Street' character Big Bird for almost a half-century, died at 85.

"Sesame Street is my home!" Indeed, Big Bird — that towering, yellow-feathered 6-year-old — has been calling Sesame Street home for four decades, ever since the show premiered on Nov. 10, 1969.