This week, Caroll Spinney will leave 'Sesame Street' after playing Big Bird for almost 50 years. ... But He Promises He’ll Still Be “Doing Muppet Stuff” at 100 Years Old .

Caroll Spinney, the big-hearted Muppeteer who played 'Sesame Street' character Big Bird for almost a half-century, died at 85. Skip to main content Plus Icon Click to expand the Mega Menu ...

Caroll Spinney, the puppet performer behind "Sesame Street's" indelible Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch, was remembered by friends and colleagues as a gifted artist who dedicated his professional ...

Caroll Spinney – the puppeteer and voice behind Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch – is to retire from the programme aged 84, but he says he'll still be an ambassador for The Muppets when he's 100 ...

Caroll Spinney, who has played iconic Muppets Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch on the kids' show Sesame Street since it began in 1969, is retiring at the age of 84.

HARTFORD, Conn. — 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 ...

Caroll Spinney, Who Played Big Bird ... At a celebration for the show's 15 th anniversary in 1984, Muppet-master Jim Henson recounted how he and Spinney had met in August 1969 at a puppetry ...

Caroll Spinney and The Muppets attend The 2017 Sesame Workshop Dinner at Cipriani 42nd Street on May 31, 2017, in New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images, ...

Caroll Spinney and The Muppets attend The 2017 Sesame Workshop Dinner at Cipriani 42nd Street on May 31, 2017 in New York City. Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images Photo by Dimitrios ...

In a world riven by deep divisions, there is at least one thing that nearly everybody has in common. His name is Big Bird.

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 ...