Caroll Spinney, who gave Big Bird his warmth and Oscar the Grouch his growl for nearly 50 years on “Sesame Street,” died Sunday at the age of 85 at his home in Connecticut, according to the ...

A woman wearing a costume of Sesame Street character Big Bird holds a sign in support of public broadcasting during the "Million Puppet March" in Washington on Nov. 3, 2012. A woman wearing a ...