Caroll Spinney, the "Sesame Street" puppeteer behind legendary characters Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch, has died, Sesame Workshop said Sunday. He was 85. Spinney had been living with dystonia ...

The Sesame Workshop, which produces the show, says Spinney had been suffering from dystonia -- a disease that causes involuntary muscle movements. Spinney introduced Big Bird and Oscar on Sesame ...

Caroll Spinney, the actor and puppeteer who portrayed Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch on Sesame Street over five decades, died Sunday at age 85.. The Sesame Workshop said Spinney had died at home in ...

Caroll Spinney, who entertained children for nearly half a century as Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch on “Sesame Street,” died on Sunday at his home in Connecticut. He was 85. The legendary ...

Caroll Spinney, the television puppeteer known for his work as Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch on the long-running show "Sesame Street," has died. He was 85.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — 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 ...

The Big Bird origin story. Here’s the history. Jim Henson recruited Spinney to the launch of Sesame Street in 1969, after he’d a professional puppeteer and entertainer on other shows.

The mission may have been Challenger's doomed flight. Caroll Spinney, the puppeteer behind famous "Sesame Street" characters such as Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch, died Sunday (Dec. 8) at age 85 ...

Caroll Spinney, the television puppeteer known for his work as Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch on the long-running show "Sesame Street," has died. He was 85.

Caroll Spinney, the actor and puppeteer who portrayed Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch on Sesame Street over five decades, died Sunday at age 85. The Sesame Workshop said Spinney had died at home in ...